In The Idiot, the saintly Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from a Swiss sanatorium and finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with wealth, power, and sexual conquest. He soon becomes entangled in a love triangle with a notorious kept woman, Nastasya, and a beautiful young girl, Aglaya. Extortion and scandal escalate to murder, as Dostoevsky s positively beautiful man clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his innocence and moral idealism. The Idiot is both a powerful indictment of that society and a rich and gripping masterpiece.
From award-winning translators, a masterful new translation never before published of the novel in which Fyodor Dostoevsky set out to portray a truly beautiful soul.
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The Idiot (Everyman's Library)
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Author(s)Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
PublisherEveryman's Library
ISBN / ASIN0375413928
ISBN-139780375413926
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank231,065
CategoryFiction
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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