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The Idiot by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fiction, Classics

The Idiot by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fiction, Classics

Martin, Eva
Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Hardcover

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 159224629X
ISBN13: 9781592246298
Publisher: Wildside Pr
Published: May 1 2003
Pages: 580
Weight: 2.37
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.22 Depth: 9.60
Language: English

The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince Lyov, a young man whose goodness and open-hearted simplicity lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. The 26-year-old Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to Russia after spending several years at a Swiss sanatorium. Scorned by the society of Saint Petersburg for his trusting nature and naiveté, he finds himself at the center of a struggle between a beautiful kept woman and a virtuous and pretty young girl, both of whom win his affection. Unfortunately, Myshkin's very goodness precipitates disaster, leaving the impression that, in a world obsessed with money, power, and sexual conquest, a sanatorium may be the only place for a saint.

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