After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arrives in St Petersburg and is at once confronted with the stark realities of life in the Russian capital - from greed, murder and nihilism to passion...

The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince Lyov, 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. The 26-year-old Prince Lev Nikolayevich Mysh...

"Idiot" (1869.) je ne samo jedan od najvaznijih romana F. M. Dostojevskoga, nego i jedan od najutjecajnijih i najcjenjenijih romana svjetske knjizevnosti uopce. SrediSnji lik romana je idealan, moralan, dobar i human lik mladog kneza MiSkina, "idiota", koji se po povratku iz Svicarskog sanatorija...

After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and 'be among people'...

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshkin's ...

Knyaz Myshkin, glavnyy geroy znamenitogo romana F. M. Dostoevskogo «Idiot», neset lyudyam propoved sostradaniya, proscheniya, miloserdiya i bratstva. Odnako nadezhdy ego rushatsya: stanovitsya ubiytsey «krestnyy brat» Rogozhin, gibnet «krasota» Nastasya Filippovna... I vse-taki bez takih lyudey, kak...

"The Idiot" is a work by a classic of Russian literature and one of the best world-class novelists F. M. Dostoevsky (1821–1881). The author pursued the goal of creating the image of a "positively beautiful person." In Prince Myshkin, the features of Jesus Christ received an everyday refraction, but ...

Prince Lef Mikolayevitch Muishkin is one of the great characters in Russian literature. Is he a saint or just naive, an idealist or, as many in General Yepanchin's society feel, an 'idiot'? Certainly, his return to St Petersburg after years in a Swiss clinic has a dramatic effect on the beautifu...

"The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound exploration of innocence and morality, contrasting the purity of Prince Myshkin with a corrupt society. Dostoevsky, a Russian novelist known for psychological depth and insight into human nature, examines themes of goodness, the complexity of human emot...

'I know for sure that if I had two or three secure years for this novel... I would write a work that they would talk about for a hundred years.' So said Dostoyevsky as he struggled to bring The Idiot into existence, and sure enough it has lasted longer than the hundred years he predicted. In his cre...

In this literary classic, Fyodor Dostoevsky focuses on a nobleman whose gentle, childlike nature has earned him the nickname "the idiot," and presents a superb, panoramic view of mid-nineteenth-century Russian manners, morals, and philosophy.

When Prince Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to St. Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, he meets two very different women: the beautiful and headstrong Aglaya Yepanchin and Nastassya Filippovna, a woman with a questionable reputation and an ambiguous rich benefactor. Myshkin, a gentle and naïve man, ...

A naïve and trusting prince falls prey to the machinations of Saint Petersburg society when he falls in love with two women—one the kept mistress of a mysterious benefactor, the other the youngest daughter of a respected general.

As his relationships with the two women deepen, Myshki...

Considered one of the greatest achievements in Russian literature, The Idiot made its debut in 1869. Prince Myshkin, a gentle, compassionate man, falls in love with two very different women amid the intrigues of 19th century St. Petersburg society.

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According to Wikipedia: "The Idiot is a novel written by 19th century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in Russkiy Vestnik between 1868 and 1869. The Idiot is ranked beside some of Dostoevsky's other works as one of the most brilliant literary achievements of the ...

The Ideot is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince 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 Prin...

The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince 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 Prin...

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women - the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia - both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshki...

The Idiot is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868-9.
The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince Lyov Nikolaevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness and open...

This study of natural goodness is Dostoyevsky's most touching novel. Prince Myshkin, the last, poverty-stricken member of a once great family and regarded by many as an idiot, returns to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland in order to collect an inheritance. Before he has even arrived home he be...

The Idiot - a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature.

The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lev Ni...

The Idiot is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868-69.

The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young man whose goo...

This book recounts the tragedy of being too good. The Idiot does not only reflect on the meaning of life and the effect of death on the living but plunges fearlessly into suffering while at the same time illuminating the enduring beauty of humanity. Accounts what a money-hungry, power-hungry, cold, ...

Fyodor Dostoevsky, a Russian novelist from the 19th century, wrote The Idiot. It was initially serialized in The Russian Messenger in the years 1868-1869 The title is a wry allusion to the story's protagonist, Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young man whose benevolence, open-hearted innocence, an...

This nineteenth-century Russian classic investigates the path of a character held to the highest ideals-those of true Christian love. Prince Myshkin, returning to Russia after being treated for severe epilepsy, discovers that he does not truly fit into a society obsessed with wealth, political power...

This is one of the most influential works by Dostoyevsky. The story revolves around Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, who upon his return to Russia finds himself in a very complicated situation.

Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o'clock one morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible t...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Idiot (The Unabridged Eva Martin Translation)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This is the version based on the unabridged Eva Martin translation. The Idiot is a novel written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first publi...

In Fyodor Dostoyevsky's profound novel, *The Idiot*, the author explores the complexities of human morality through the character of Prince Lev Myshkin, a man whose innocence and compassion stand in stark contrast to the corrupt society around him. Through a rich tapestry of psychological insight an...

In "The Idiot," Fyodor Dostoyevsky presents a profound exploration of the human soul through the character of Prince Myshkin, a man whose innate goodness and innocence starkly contrast with the moral ambiguities of 19th-century Russian society. Written in a highly psychological style, the novel delv...

One of the towering figures of Russian literature, Fyodor Dostoyevsky depicted with remarkable insight the depth and complexity of the human soul. In this literary classic, he focuses on Prince Myshkin — a nobleman whose gentle, child-like nature, and refusal to be offended by anything has earned...

The Idiot, one of Dostoyevsky's finest and most brilliant literary achievements of the Golden Age of Russian literature.

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English.

After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dost...

Prince Myshkin having spent some time in Switzerland recovering from his illness is now returning to Russia. He is the central character of the novel, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume tha...

Into a compellingly real portrait of nineteenth-century Russian society, Dostoevsky introduces his ideal hero, the saintly Prince Myshkin. The tensions subsequently unleashed by the hero's innocence, truthfulness, and humility betray the inadequacy of his moral idealism and disclose the spiritual em...

Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o'clock one morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible to d...

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Into a compellingly real portrait of nineteenth-century Russian society, Dostoevsky introduces his ideal hero, the saintly Prince Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin. Returning to St. Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naïve epileptic Myshkin, the last, poverty-stricken member of a once great fa...

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.

A Russian prince returns to Saint Petersburg after a long absence in Switzerland, where he was undergoing treatment for epilepsy. On the train he meets and befriends a man of low origins. This man becomes the dark counterpart of the inherently good prince; the two can also be seen as Christ- and dev...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic novel The Idiot has been enjoyed by readers around the world for over 140 years. One of Dostoevsky's greatest works, and also considered one of the most brilliant literary achievements of the Russian "e;Golden Age"e; of Literature.

A novel by Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), originally published in 1866.

After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arrives in St Petersburg and is at once confronted with the stark realities of life in the Russian capital - from greed, murder and nihilism to passion, va...

"One can't understand everything at once, we can't begin with perfection all at once! In order to reach perfection one must begin by being ignorant of a great deal. And if we understand things too quickly, perhaps we shan't understand them thoroughly." ¿ Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot The Idiot (1069...

The 26-year-old Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to Russia after spending several years at a Swiss sanatorium. Scorned by the society of St Petersburg for his trusting nature and naiveté, he finds himself at the center of a struggle between a beautiful kept woman and a virtuous and pretty ...

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881) was a Russian novelist, essayist, short story writer, journalist, and philosopher. His literature examines human psychology during the turbulent social, spiritual and political atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and he is considered one of the greatest ps...

The Idiot is a novel written by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The 26-year-old Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to Russia after spending several years at a Swiss sanatorium. Scorned by the society of St. Petersburg for his trusting nature and naiveté, he finds himself at the center of a s...

The Idiot is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868-9. The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness and o...

Après une jeunesse passé dans un sanatorium pour soigner son épilepsie, le prince Mychkine débarque à Saint-Pétersbourg. Fondamentalement bon, résigné à voir le bon coté des gens, et quelque peu naïf, il est projeté dans le monde cupide, artificiel et corrompu de la bourgeoisie russe.
Ainsi, il ...

Why is it that people mistake sincerity, kindness and positivity as stupidness? Lev Myshkin has all these great character qualities and certainly is no idiot though everyone assumes him to be one.

"The Idiot" is one of Dostoevsky's most emotional and private novels, where the author talks a...

Just two years after completing the crime and punishment, Dostoevsky produced a second novel with a very different man at his center. In Idiot, saint Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from a Swiss sanatorio and finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with wealth, power, and sexual conquest. So...

Dostoevskiy pytaetsya izobrazit «polozhitelno prekrasnogo cheloveka» - i pishet roman o sudbe proroka v sovremennom mire, gde zhgut dengi v kamine i ruki na svechke, lgut, ubivayut i shodyat s uma.

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. Blackmail, betrayal, a...

¿¿¿¿ Immerse yourself in the compelling and thought-provoking world of "The Idiot: Fyodor Dostoevsky," a profound exploration of innocence, morality, and the complexities of human nature. ¿¿¿¿ Follow the journey of Prince Myshkin, a pure-hearted and naive young man who returns to Russia after years ...

"The Idiot," by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is a novel centered on Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, whose naïveté, open-heartedness, and lack of guile lead many in the corrupt society of 19th-century Russia to label him an "idiot." Myshkin's return to Russia from a Swiss sanatorium sets him on a collision co...

The most autobiographical novel by the author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov-and the namesake of Elif Batuman's debut novel, The Idiot

Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naïve epileptic Prince Myshkin- known as the "idiot"-pays a visit t...

In "The Idiot," Fiv=dor Dostoyevski crafts a profound exploration of virtue and morality through the poignant character of Prince Myshkin, a man whose profound innocence and compassion starkly contrast with the corrupt society around him. This unabridged translation by Eva Martin preserves Dostoyevs...

¿¿¿¿ "What happens when a man too good for this world steps into its darkest corners?"
Welcome to the poignant, profound, and powerful world of The Idiot, where purity collides with corruption, and love battles pride. ¿¿¿¿¿

Meet Prince Lev Myshkin, a man of unwavering honesty and chi...

What happens when goodness enters a world that doesn't believe in it?

The Idiot is Fyodor Dostoevsky's deeply moving novel of innocence, faith, and tragedy. Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, returning to Russia after years abroad, is thrust into a corrupt and cynical society. With his unwa...