The Possessed Study Guide consists of approx. 54 pages of summaries and analysis on The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Browse the literature study guide below:
Chapter one tells the story of Stepan Verkhovensky, a scholar and ex-professor who now lives with a rich, widow named Varvara Stavrogin in a provincial Russian town. Mrs. Stavrogin originally hired Verkhovensky to tutor her son, Nicholas Stavrogin. Mrs. Stavrogin and Mr. Verkhovensky have a complicated but platonic relationship. Despite her help, the Moscow and St. Petersburg intellectuals do not respect Verkhovensky. This, accompanied with his general laziness, leads to intemperate drinking and gambling. (read more)
