Бесы

'Besy' (1871-1872 gg.) - navernoe, samyĭ prorocheskiĭ roman Dostoevskogo. Iznachalʹno zadumannyĭ kak ostropoliticheskai͡a veshchʹ, osnovannai͡a na vpechatlenii͡akh pisateli͡a ot 'nechaevskogo prot͡sessa': gruppu revoli͡ut͡sionerov sudili za ubiĭstvo studenta, reshivshego vyĭti iz ikh kruzhka, - roman daleko pereros prosto proizvedenie na 'zlobu dni͡a'.Na glazakh u chitateleĭ razvorachivaetsi͡a nastoi͡ashchai͡a drama: v t͡sentre povestvovanii͡a - gruppa nigilistov vo glave s Petrom Verkhovenskim, planirui͡ushchai͡a podni͡atʹ smutu po vseĭ Rossii. U glavnogo zhe geroi͡a romana Nikolai͡a Stavrogina - svoi͡a taĭna, svoĭ strashnyĭ grekh i svoi͡a bolʹshai͡a beda - on sovershenno opustoshen, i zhiznʹ uzhe ne predstavli͡aet dli͡a nego nikakogo interesa. Sobytii͡a v romane pronosi͡atsi͡a vikhrem pered chitatelem, zaputyvai͡utsi͡a v kakoĭ-to chudovishchnyĭ klubok i v rezulʹtate razreshai͡utsi͡a tragedieĭ.Nastoi͡ashchee v romane Dostoevskogo tesno svi͡azano s proshlym: on vidit istoki nigilisticheskikh nastroeniĭ u deteĭ v ikh ott͡sakh-idealistakh, sovershenno ne znai͡ushchikh Rossii. No unikalʹnostʹ 'Besov' eshche i v tom, chto na primere ėtikh personazheĭ Dostoevskiĭ zhivopisuet vsi͡u Rossii͡u, oderzhimui͡u besami, - vchera, segodni͡a, zavtra bezumie presleduet nas.

The Demons (1871-1872) is probably Dostoevsky's most prophetic novel. Originally conceived as an ostropolitical thing based on the writer's impressions of the 'Nechaev trial': a group of revolutionaries were tried for the murder of a student who decided to leave their circle - the novel has far outgrown just a work on the 'malice of the day'.A real drama is unfolding before the eyes of readers: in the center of the narrative is a group of nihilists led by Pyotr Verkhovensky, planning to stir up trouble throughout Russia. The main character of the novel, Nikolai Stavrogin, has his own secret, his own terrible sin and his own big trouble - he is completely devastated, and life is no longer of any interest to him. The events in the novel rush by like a whirlwind before the reader, get entangled in some monstrous tangle and as a result are resolved by tragedy.The present in Dostoevsky's novel is closely connected with the past: he sees the origins of nihilistic moods in children in their idealistic fathers who do not know Russia at all. But the uniqueness of the "Demons" is also in the fact that, using the example of these characters, Dostoevsky paints the whole of Russia possessed by demons - yesterday, today, tomorrow madness haunts us.