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The Possessed

Author : Elif Batuman
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847083791

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Roaming from Tashkent to San Francisco, this is the true story of one budding writer's strange encounters with the fanatics who are devoted - absurdly! melancholically! ecstatically! - to the Russian classics. Combining fresh readings of the great Russians from Gogol to Goncharov with the sad and funny stories of the lives they continue to influence, The Possessed introduces a brilliant and distinctive new voice: comic, humane, charming, poignant and completely, and unpretentiously, full of an infectious love for literature.

The Possessed

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : 谷月社
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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I will say at once that Stepan Trofimovitch had always filled a particular rôle among us, that of the progressive patriot, so to say, and he was passionately fond of playing the part--so much so that I really believe he could not have existed without it. Not that I would put him on a level with an actor at a theatre, God forbid, for I really have a respect for him. This may all have been the effect of habit, or rather, more exactly of a generous propensity he had from his earliest years for indulging in an agreeable day-dream in which he figured as a picturesque public character. He fondly loved, for instance, his position as a "persecuted" man and, so to speak, an "exile." There is a sort of traditional glamour about those two little words that fascinated him once for all and, exalting him gradually in his own opinion, raised him in the course of years to a lofty pedestal very gratifying to vanity. In an English satire of the last century, Gulliver, returning from the land of the Lilliputians where the people were only three or four inches high, had grown so accustomed to consider himself a giant among them, that as he walked along the streets of London he could not help crying out to carriages and passers-by to be careful and get out of his way for fear he should crush them, imagining that they were little and he was still a giant. He was laughed at and abused for it, and rough coachmen even lashed at the giant with their whips. But was that just? What may not be done by habit? Habit had brought Stepan Trofimovitch almost to the same position, but in a more innocent and inoffensive form, if one may use such expressions, for he was a most excellent man. I am even inclined to suppose that towards the end he had been entirely forgotten everywhere; but still it cannot be said that his name had never been known. It is beyond question that he had at one time belonged to a certain distinguished constellation of celebrated leaders of the last generation, and at one time--though only for the briefest moment--his name was pronounced by many hasty persons of that day almost as though it were on a level with the names of Tchaadaev, of Byelinsky, of Granovsky, and of Herzen, who had only just begun to write abroad. But Stepan Trofimovitch's activity ceased almost at the moment it began, owing, so to say, to a "vortex of combined circumstances." And would you believe it? It turned out afterwards that there had been no "vortex" and even no "circumstances," at least in that connection. I only learned the other day to my intense amazement, though on the most unimpeachable authority, that Stepan Trofimovitch had lived among us in our province not as an "exile" as we were accustomed to believe, and had never even been under police supervision at all. Such is the force of imagination! All his life he sincerely believed that in certain spheres he was a constant cause of apprehension, that every step he took was watched and noted, and that each one of the three governors who succeeded one another during twenty years in our province came with special and uneasy ideas concerning him, which had, by higher powers, been impressed upon each before everything else, on receiving the appointment. Had anyone assured the honest man on the most irrefutable grounds that he had nothing to be afraid of, he would certainly have been offended. Yet Stepan Trofimovitch was a most intelligent and gifted man, even, so to say, a man of science, though indeed, in science... well, in fact he had not done such great things in science. I believe indeed he had done nothing at all. But that's very often the case, of course, with men of science among us in Russia....

The Possessed and the Dispossessed

Author : Lesley A. Sharp
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520207080

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"Sharp concludes this study with an analysis of how indigenous spirit mediums and Protestant exorcists treat extreme cases of possession and madness, revealing contradictions inherent in cross-cultural psychiatric praxis. More generally, the book challenges current views about possession and marginal status, particularly in reference to gender and age, insightful discussions of the lives of migrant adults and children as they seek relief. Some personal and social ills make Sharp's investigation relevant to gender studies, medical anthropology religion and ritual, and the politics of culture as well as African and Madagascar studies."--Jacket

The Possessed or, The Devils

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Possessed or, The Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871–2

The Possessed. Illustrated edition

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2200000180407

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The Possessed is a political and social satire, a large scale tragedy, which is considered amongst the four masterworks written by Dostoevsky. This psychological drama is Dostoevsky’s criticism of the political and moral nihilism, which were prevalent in Russia in 1860s. Dostoyevsky’s criticises the spreading atheism and explores a loss by a Russian man of his true national identity. The author sees nihilism as a root of many deepening social problems and in his book portrays the growing suicide rate as an inevitable ultimate self-destructing end. A fictional town somewhere in province becomes a focal point of an attempted revolution and descends into chaos. Stepan Verkhovensky represents an idealistic westernised generation of 1840s, he is a mere helpless accomplice of the ‘demonic’ force possessing the town. His son, Pyotr, is a conspirator orchestrating the revolution, while his counterpart in the moral sphere, Nikolai Stavrogin, the protagonist, dominates the book by influencing the hearts and the minds of everyone around him. Pretty illustrations by Dmitrii Rybalko provide you with new impressions from reading this legendary story.

Javier Vallhonrat

Author : Javier Vallhonrat
Publisher : Gina Kehayoff Verlag
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Photography of the nude
ISBN : NYPL:33433015625597

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The series The Possessed Space is the result of several years spent working with dancer Dominique Abel, the ideal model for Javier Vallhonrat, who wanted to photograph the human body in highly geometric spaces. The photographs Vallhonrat has produced here combine the full ecstasy of flamenco and the mannerism of Spanish baroque art.

Rachel, The Possessed

Author : Katheryn Kimbrough
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Literary Milieu of Dostoevsky's The Possessed

Author : Serge Vladimir Gregory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040102266

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A Dictionary and Concordance of the Names of Persons and Places and of Some of the More Remarkable Terms which Occur in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments

Author : William Henderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Names in the Bible
ISBN : BCUL:VD2208711

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Rules for Dating your Ex

Author : Piper Rayne
Publisher : Piper Rayne, Inc.
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Rules for Dating your Ex by Piper Rayne Pdf

**Now a USA Today Bestseller** If your ex arrives in your hometown eighteen months after you walked out on him while you were eight months pregnant, follow this short list of rules before you give him a second chance. Rule #1 – Don’t stand in the way of your brothers who want to rough him up. Rule #2 – Don’t meet him for coffee and agree to allow him to meet your daughter. Rule #3 – Don’t drool when your daughter falls asleep on his chest for the first time. It’s just your ovaries talking. Rule #4 – Don’t let him hold your hand. While we’re at it, no hugs, no kisses on the cheek… just no physical contact in general. That only leads to remembering better times. The last one is the most important… Rule #5 – When you find yourself needing someone’s help and you’re tired of always asking your family, don’t let him be the one who’s there for you. Because all those good qualities of his will suck you right back in and you’ll have no chance of fighting your feelings, especially now that he’s ready to be a father to your daughter.

Winning my Best Friend's Girl

Author : Piper Rayne
Publisher : Piper Rayne, Inc.
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Winning my Best Friend's Girl by Piper Rayne Pdf

***NOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER*** Imagine lying in a hospital bed and the doctor who pulls the curtain back to treat you is the one who got away. Even if you never really had her in the first place. She’s not only your high school crush, she’s the ex-girlfriend of your ex-best friend. The one girl you’ve always wanted. Here’s a step-by-step list to finally win her over… Key to win #1: Try not to take offense that she snuck back into town without telling you—six months ago. Key to win #2: Rekindle the friendship to ease the awkwardness. But… DO NOT enter the friend zone. Key to win #3: Ignore the fact that she went speed dating the night before. Take it as good a sign—maybe she’s looking for a relationship. Key to win #4: Attempt to keep the two of you out of the town gossip blog and away from your large family. Make sure you don’t let this last one throw you off your mission. Key to win #5: Don’t get deterred when you find out the past is about to repeat itself. Because the man she met at the speed dating night is your best buddy from work. Just remember, you sat back and let her slip away once, you won’t do it a second time. Failure is not an option. Author Note: This book does NOT contain cheating.

Secrets of the World's Worst Matchmaker

Author : Piper Rayne
Publisher : Piper Rayne, Inc.
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Colton is Juno’s best friend. He’d usually be the one she goes to for advice on what do you do when you fall in love with your best Imagine you’re a matchmaker and you realize too late you’re in love with your childhood best friend. You only have yourself to blame—you’re the one who matched him and now he’s engaged to be married. When you find yourself in this position there’s a few secrets you’re going to need to keep… Secret #1 – Smile when he tells you the happy news, even if your heart cracks in half. Secret #2 – Don’t compare yourself to his beautiful French fiancée. You’re just as beautiful. Secret #3 – Don’t tag along to the tux fitting with him alone. Just no. Secret #4 – Don’t help him learn to dance to his wedding song. Secret #5 – Erase all memories of the two of you through the years when lines blurred for even the briefest of moments. And the one you never saw coming… Secret #6 – Definitely, don’t stand and object—someone else might just do it for you.

The Works of Orestes A. Brownson: Scientific theories

Author : Orestes Augustus Brownson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Philosophers
ISBN : UCR:31210008065490

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Russia and Western Man

Author : Walter Schubart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Civilization, Oriental
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010387889

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