The possessed

"If The Possessed is a prophetic book, this is not only because it prefigures our nihilism, but also because its protagonists are torn or dead souls unable to love, and suffering from that inability, wanting to believe and yet unable to do so—like those who people our society and our spiritual world today. . . . Hence, we have dramatized not only one of the masterpieces of world literature but also a work of current application.