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 |
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| 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 | May 1, 2001 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jun 21, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 12172 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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