Apr 3
Mentioned this to a few others and they were very surprised at this overlooked detail in Demons
In the scene where Pyotr leaves, he refers to Erkel as his “relative” meaning that the two are actually somehow related???? And no it’s not a mistranslation. In the original russian he refers to Erkel as his “родственникь” which refers to familial relation
So the two options are 1. this is true and Erkel is related to Pyotr (likely via Pyotr’s mother’s side, I like to think.) Or 2. this is totally fake and Pyotr was lying for the sake of a convenient introduction. What do you think? Did any of yall catch this in the book?
#dostoevksy#demons#the possessed dostoevsky#russian literature#demons dostoevsky#fyodor dostoevsky#pyotr verkhovensky#verkhovensky#erkel#someone i was talking to about it also pointed out that there are erkelxpyotr fanfics on ao3#and it might actually be incest with this detail…#kinda funny#besyposting#бесы#федор достоевский
