
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky(Author)
Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 5. December 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-1-85326-175-6 (ISBN)
Description
Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction and Notes by Agnes Cardinal, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent.
Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky's own views, afflictions and manners. His serene selflessness is contrasted with the worldly qualities of every other character in the novel. Dostoevsky supplies a harsh indictment of the Russian ruling class of his day who have created a world which cannot accomodate the goodness of this idiot.
Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky's own views, afflictions and manners. His serene selflessness is contrasted with the worldly qualities of every other character in the novel. Dostoevsky supplies a harsh indictment of the Russian ruling class of his day who have created a world which cannot accomodate the goodness of this idiot.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Herts
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
425 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85326-175-6 (9781853261756)
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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Comparative LiteratureUniversity of Kent
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