A Defense of the Narrator-Chronicler in Dostoevsky’s Demons
The Russian Review, 71.3 (2012), 460-481
The chronicler‐narrator of Dostoevsky's Demons, Anton Lavrentievich G—v, seems like an inscrutable and oscillatory storyteller. On the one hand he is profusely talkative and repeatedly justifies his position as narrator; on the other, he reports scenes that he did not witness and could not have direct knowledge about, including what people say and even think.
