The Little Demon by Fyodor Sologub (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Little Demon by Fyodor Sologub, Ronald Wilks, Pamela Davidson Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial school teacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society. As he pursues the idea of marrying to gain promotion, he descends into paranoia, arson, torture and murder. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial schoolteacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society.A dark classic of Russias silver age, this blackly funny novel recounts a schoolteachers descent into sadism, arson and murder.Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial schoolteacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society. As he pursues the idea of marrying to gain promotion, he descends into paranoia, sexual perversion, arson, torture and murder. Sologubs anti-hero is one of the great comic monsters of twentieth-century fiction, subsequently lending his name to the brand of sado-masochism known as Peredonovism. The Little Demon (1907) made an immediate star of its author who, refuting suggestions that the work was autobiographical, stated No, my dear contemporaries ... it is about you. This grotesque mirror of a spiritually bankrupt society is arguably the finest Russian novel to have come out of the Symbolist movement.Fyodor Sologub was born in St Petersburg in 1863. His first two novels Bad Dreams (1896) and The Little Demon (1907) were drawn from his own experiences as schoolmaster in a remote provincial town. For many years Sologub could not find a publisher for The Little Demon but when in 1907 the novel was at last published - to immediate and resounding success - he was able to leave his restricting career and devote himself to literature. In 1921 his wife committed suicide and Sologub died a few years later in 1927.Ronald Wilks studied Russian language and literature at Trinity College,Cambridge, after training as a Naval interpreter, and later Russian literature at London University. He has translated many works from Russian for Penguin Classics, including books by Gorky, Gogol, Pushkin, Tolstoy and Chekhov. Notes A dark classic of Russias Symbolist movement, translated by Ronald Wilks. Author Biography FYODOR SOLOGUB was born in St Petersburg in 1863. His first two novels Bad Dreams (1896) and The Little Demon (1907), which he wrote between 1892 and 1902, were drawn from his own experiences as schoolmaster in a remote provincial town. For many years Sologub could not find a publisher for The Little Demon but when in 1907 the novel was at last published - to immediate and resounding success - he was able to leave his restricting career and devote himself to literature. In 1921 his wife committed suicide and Sologub died a few years later in 1927. RONALD WILKS studied Russian language and literature at Trinity College,Cambridge, after training as a Naval interpreter, and later Russian literature at London University. He has translated many works from Russian for Penguin Classics, including books by Gorky, Gogol, Pushkin, Tolstoy and Chekhov. Review A novel that reigns supreme - or anti-supreme, if one prefers - in the black arts game * Boston Globe * Review Text A novel that reigns supreme - or anti-supreme, if one prefers - in the black arts game Review Quote A novel that reigns supreme - or anti-supreme, if one prefers - in the black arts game Details ISBN0141392932 Author Pamela Davidson Series Penguin Classics Language English ISBN-10 0141392932 ISBN-13 9780141392936 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Classics Year 2013 Media Book Publication Date 2013-07-25 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 891.733 Short Title LITTLE DEMON Translator Ronald Wilks Birth 1863 Death 1927 Translated from Russian UK Release Date 2013-07-25 Edited by Gnon Baba Affiliation Research Scholar, Amal Jyothi Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Kerala, India Position Assistant Unit Leader Qualifications MD MPA Pages 352 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Alternative 9780141392943 Audience General NZ Release Date 2013-09-24 AU Release Date 2013-09-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:51756605;

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