The Death of the Gods

About “The Death of the Gods”

The Death of the Gods is a novel by Dmitry Merezhkovsky, published in 1895 by Severny Vestnik. It explores the conflict between Christianity and paganism, focusing on the theme of the 'two truths.' The book introduces Merezhkovsky's religious theory of the Third Testament and is the first in his Christ and Antichrist trilogy. Though it made Merezhkovsky a well-known author in Russia and Western Europe, the initial reception in Russia was indifferent. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)