The Idiot (World's Classics) - Softcover

Leatherbarrow, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192826042 ISBN 13: 9780192826046

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1992

Synopsis

Revealing Dostoevsky's acute artistic sense and penetrating psychological insight, this new translation is meticulously faithful to the original. This book is intended for students of Russian, comparative literature; the nineteenth-century novel.

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Review:

"A fine new translation that retains the flavor and vigor of the original. The ghost of Dostoevsky must be laughing with pleasure: at least we have his linguistic humor, solecisms and all. In short, a fine new edition."--Clifford Hardie, Wilmington College"Myers translation is much more readable than the Garnett one."--Sr. Anna M. Conklin, Spalding University "A fine new translation that retains the flavor and vigor of the original. The ghost of Dostoevsky must be laughing with pleasure: at least we have his linguistic humor, solecisms and all. In short, a fine new edition."--Clifford Hardie, Wilmington College "Myers translation is much more readable than the Garnett one."--Sr. Anna M. Conklin, Spalding University "A fine new translation that retains the flavor and vigor of the original. The ghost of Dostoevsky must be laughing with pleasure: at least we have his linguistic humor, solecisms and all. In short, a fine new edition."--Clifford Hardie, Wilmington College "Myers translation is much more readable than the Garnett one."--Sr. Anna M. Conklin, Spalding University "A fine new translation that retains the flavor and vigor of the original. The ghost of Dostoevsky must be laughing with pleasure: at least we have his linguistic humor, solecisms and all. In short, a fine new edition."--Clifford Hardie, Wilmington College"Myers translation is much more readable than the Garnett one."--Sr. Anna M. Conklin, Spalding University

From the Back Cover:

'The chief thing is that they all need him' -thus Dostoyevsky described Prince Myshkin, the hero of perhaps his most remarkable novel. As the still, radiant center of a plot whose turbulent action is extraordinary even for Dostoyevsky, Myshkin succeeds in dominating through sheer force a personality a cast of characters who vividly and violently embody the passions and conflicts of the 19th century Russia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0192826042
• ISBN 13: 9780192826046
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 687