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Re:Review: Demons, by Fyodor Dostoevsky by tkgally on Saturday February 10, 2024 @11:46PM (#39332720)
The novel being discussed has been given several different titles in translation [1]. As The Possessed, it can be found and read for free at the Internet Archive [2].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demons_(Dostoevsky_novel)

[2] https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.18863/page/n2/mode/...

Re:Review: Demons, by Fyodor Dostoevsky by ein0p on Sunday February 11, 2024 @12:49AM (#39332922)
“The Demons” is the more literal translation from Russian.
Re:Review: Demons, by Fyodor Dostoevsky by tkgally on Sunday February 11, 2024 @02:33AM (#39333238)
Yes, thanks. Wikipedia has more about the novel’s title:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demons_(Dostoevsky_novel)#Ti...

Re:Review: Demons, by Fyodor Dostoevsky by fiprisoner on Sunday February 11, 2024 @03:19AM (#39333392)
Unfortunately the linked Garnett translation is censored, and then further neutered by the translator who prioritized a very accessible end result at the cost of losing much of the meaning in the source material.

I’d recommend the Penguin Classics Maguire translation, it remains accessible but loses less of the original.