The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a novel published serially in 1868–1869. It follows Prince Myshkin, a young nobleman whose Christian goodness and innocence lead worldly society to mistake him for simple-minded. Dostoevsky sets his "positively good and beautiful man" against the passions, desires, and egoism of contemporary Russian life, testing whether true Christian love can survive in a corrupt world. The result is a deeply personal work exploring profound moral and spiritual questions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
Translator Martin, Eva (Translator)
Title The Idiot
Note Possibly a revision of the 1887 translation by Frederick Whishaw.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idiot
Credits Martin Adamson, David Widger, with corrections by Andrew Sly
Reading Level Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 2638
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jun 21, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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