The Possessed
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The Possessed is a political and psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores radicalism, moral chaos, and the destructive consequences of revolutionary ideology in 19th-century Russia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Possessed canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1258255 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Possessed Context triple: [Fyodor Dostoevsky, notableWork, The Possessed]
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A.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov is a philosophical novel exploring faith, morality, and free will through the turbulent lives of three brothers in 19th-century Russia.
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B.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that explores morality, guilt, and redemption through the story of a destitute ex-student who commits a murder in St. Petersburg.
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C.
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground is a seminal 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores the psychology of a bitter, isolated narrator and is often considered one of the first existentialist works of literature.
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D.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
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E.
On Crimes and Punishments
On Crimes and Punishments is an influential 18th-century treatise that laid the foundations of modern criminal law and penology by arguing for rational, proportionate punishment and against torture and the death penalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Possessed Target entity description: The Possessed is a political and psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores radicalism, moral chaos, and the destructive consequences of revolutionary ideology in 19th-century Russia.
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A.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov is a philosophical novel exploring faith, morality, and free will through the turbulent lives of three brothers in 19th-century Russia.
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B.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that explores morality, guilt, and redemption through the story of a destitute ex-student who commits a murder in St. Petersburg.
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C.
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground is a seminal 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores the psychology of a bitter, isolated narrator and is often considered one of the first existentialist works of literature.
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D.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
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E.
On Crimes and Punishments
On Crimes and Punishments is an influential 18th-century treatise that laid the foundations of modern criminal law and penology by arguing for rational, proportionate punishment and against torture and the death penalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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political novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Demons
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The Devils ⓘ |
| author | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| centralConflict | clash between radical revolutionaries and traditional society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between faith and atheism
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destructive consequences of revolutionary ideology ⓘ moral responsibility for political violence ⓘ psychology of political conspirators ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Russian Messenger ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Brothers Karamazov ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical novel
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political fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Russian revolutionary movement
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surface form:
Russian nihilist movement
Sergey Nechayev ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work of political and psychological fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kirilov
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Nikolai Stavrogin ⓘ Pyotr Verkhovensky ⓘ Shatov ⓘ Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narrator | Anton Lavrentyevich Gaganov (Anton Lavrentyevich) ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Бесы ⓘ |
| partOf | Fyodor Dostoevsky's major novels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Crime and Punishment ⓘ |
| publicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1872 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Russian Messenger (serial)
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surface form:
The Russian Messenger (serial)
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| setInPeriod | 19th-century Russia ⓘ |
| setting | provincial Russian town ⓘ |
| theme |
destruction of traditional values
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moral chaos ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ nihilism ⓘ political extremism ⓘ radicalism ⓘ religious faith ⓘ revolutionary ideology ⓘ |
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Subject: The Possessed Description of subject: The Possessed is a political and psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores radicalism, moral chaos, and the destructive consequences of revolutionary ideology in 19th-century Russia.
Referenced by (4)
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