THE LITTLE DEMON
London: Martin Secker, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English, translated from the Russian by John Cournos and Richard Aldington. The author's most famous novel, which recounts the story of a morally corrupt schoolteacher going insane and paranoid in an unnamed Russian provincial town. The omniscient third-person narrator allowed Sologub to combine his Symbolist tendencies and the tradition of Russian Realism in which he engaged throughout his earlier novels, a style similar to Maupassant's fantastic realism. Octavo: 349 p. Original green cloth binding, with black titles. The spine is lightly sun faded; else very good. Very good. Item #73489
Price: $75.00