The Demons (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Heimito von Doderer
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1926-1927 and 1955
- Setting: Vienna and its environs
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Folkloric or magical people, Politics, Socialism, Protests or demonstrations, Class consciousness, 1920’s, Trials, Wills, Witches or witchcraft, Austria or Austrians
- Locales: Vienna, Austria
Characters Discussed
Councillor Georg von Geyrenhoff (GAY-ohrg GI-rehn-hohf), a retired civil servant who assumes the roles of narrator, editor, and chronicler of the story of “Our Crowd” and other people during 1926-1927 in Vienna. He revises and edits the story again in 1955, when he feels he can be more objective. He requests others to aid him in writing about events that he cannot personally witness, accepts unsolicited manuscripts for inclusion in edited form, and directs a team of assistants who are unaware that they are spies, reporters, and collaborators for him....
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