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The Idiot

The Idiot

Martin, Eva Margaret
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

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Historical Fiction

ISBN10: 1543105513
ISBN13: 9781543105513
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Feb 14 2017
Pages: 730
Weight: 2.11
Height: 1.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Idiot is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lyov Nikolaevich Myshkin, 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. In the character of Prince Myshkin, Dostoevsky set himself the task of depicting the positively good and beautiful man. The novel examines the consequences of placing such a unique individual at the centre of the conflicts, desires, passions and egoism of worldly society, both for the man himself and for those with whom he becomes involved. The result, according to philosopher A.C. Grayling, is one of the most excoriating, compelling and remarkable books ever written; and without question one of the greatest.

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