“The Devils” is one of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s most political novels, published between 1871 and 1872. The work focuses on a group of nihilist revolutionaries operating in a provincial Russian town. The novel explores the destructive ideas that swept Russia at the time and warns of the dangers inherent in radical political and philosophical movements. Dostoevsky provides a deep psychological study of human nature, faith, unbelief, and self-destruction.