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Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot is an immaculate portrait of innocence tainted by the brutal reality of human greed.
Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive epileptic Prince Myshkin - the titular 'idiot' - pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General, his wife, and his three daughters. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he chances on a photograph of the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna.
Utterly infatuated with her, he soon finds himself caught up in a love triangle and drawn into a web of blackmail, betrayal, and finally, murder.
Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering Dostoyevsky sought to portray in Prince Myshkin the purity of a 'truly beautiful soul' and explore the perils that innocence and goodness face in a corrupt world.
About the Author
Moscow-born Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) served time in a convict prison for his political alliances, and in his later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His novels include The Devils and The Brothers Karamazov.
| Chronology | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. xi |
| Further Reading | p. xxxv |
| A Note on the Translation | p. xxxviii |
| The Idiot | p. 1 |
| Notes | p. 719 |
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ISBN: 9781853261756
ISBN-10: 1853261750
Series: Wordsworth Classics
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 567
Published: 3rd March 2010
Dimensions (cm): 20.3 x 12.8
x 3.4
Weight (kg): 0.39
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