The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

ISBN 10: 0451531523 / ISBN 13: 9780451531520

Published by Penguin Putnam Inc, US, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Idiot
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc, US
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451531523
• ISBN 13: 9780451531520
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A classic by a Russian master

Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is an almost comically innocent Christ figure in a land of sinners, one whose faith in beauty contrasts sharply with that of his society's.

About the Author

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), one of nineteenth-century Russia's greatest novelists, spent four years in a convict prison in Siberia, after which he was obliged to enlist in the army. In later years his penchant for gambling sent him deeply into debt. Most of his important works were written after 1864, including Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov, all available from Penguin Classics.