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The Little Demon

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Darkly humorous exploration of provincial Russian life.

"The Little Demon" is a biting satire, teeming with eccentric characters and sharp wit. The psychological depth it adds to the depiction of mundane life and moral decay in a small town could resonate with you if you appreciate a blend of social commentary and dark comedy. Its unique brand of humor provides a refreshing take on the chaos beneath the surface of ordinary lives.

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The Little Demon

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ISBN: 9780141392936
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2013-07-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Horror, Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.02
(rated by 2703 readers)

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A dark classic of Russia's silver age, this blackly funny novel recounts a schoolteacher's 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. Sologub's 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.
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Darkly humorous exploration of provincial Russian life.

"The Little Demon" is a biting satire, teeming with eccentric characters and sharp wit. The psychological depth it adds to the depiction of mundane life and moral decay in a small town could resonate with you if you appreciate a blend of social commentary and dark comedy. Its unique brand of humor provides a refreshing take on the chaos beneath the surface of ordinary lives.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.