The Idiot
Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
ISBN: 9780140447927
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 04 Nov 2004
Pages: 784
Format: Paperback / softback
A new translation of DostoyevskyP#39;s great novel of suffering and sickness
Inspired by an image of ChristP#39;s suffering, Dostoyevsky set out to create a protagonist with \Pquot;a truly beautiful soul\Pquot; and to trace the fate of such an individual as he comes into contact with the brutal reality of contemporary society. The novel begins when the innocent epileptic Prince Myshkin - the P#39;idiotP#39; - arrives in St Petersburg and finds himself drawn into a web of violent and passionate relationships that leads to blackmail, betrayal and eventually murder.
ISBN: 9780140447927
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 04 Nov 2004
Pages: 784
Format: Paperback / softback
A new translation of DostoyevskyP#39;s great novel of suffering and sickness
Inspired by an image of ChristP#39;s suffering, Dostoyevsky set out to create a protagonist with \Pquot;a truly beautiful soul\Pquot; and to trace the fate of such an individual as he comes into contact with the brutal reality of contemporary society. The novel begins when the innocent epileptic Prince Myshkin - the P#39;idiotP#39; - arrives in St Petersburg and finds himself drawn into a web of violent and passionate relationships that leads to blackmail, betrayal and eventually murder.
