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The Idiot
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The Idiot
Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive epileptic Prince Myshkin - 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.
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A new translation of Dostoyevsky's great novel of suffering and sickness.
Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Dostoyevsky set out to create a protagonist with "a truly beautiful soul" and to trace the fate of such an individual as he comes into contact with the brutal reality of contemporary society.
The novel begins when the innocent epileptic Prince Myshkin — the idiot — arrives in St Petersburg and finds himself drawn into a web of violent and passionate relationships that leads to blackmail, betrayal, and eventually murder.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot is highly praised for its deep exploration of human suffering and beauty, often described as compelling and remarkable. Critics regard it as a masterpiece on par with Dostoyevsky's other significant works, celebrating its rich and vibrant language, particularly in recent translations. The narrative is noted for its powerful and captivating storytelling.
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ISBN: 9780140447927
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 May 2004
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by David McDuff
- Cover design or artwork by Ron Arad
- Translated by David McDuff
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 35.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 534g
Pages: 784
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. David McDuff has translated widely from the Russian, including for Penguin Classics, Crime and Punishment and Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata. Introducer William Mills Todd III is Professor of Slavic Languages at Harvard.
Also by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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