The Idiot
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on July 8, 2003, is a reprint edition comprising 656 pages. This classic narrative follows the twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin, who returns to Russia after a lengthy stay in a Swiss sanatorium. As he navigates a society fixated on power, money, and manipulation, he encounters the troubled Rogozhin and the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna, leading to a tragic unfolding of events.
Readers will find a profound exploration of innocence and its impact on a morally complex world. Dostoevsky delves into themes of societal obsession and the consequences of human relationships, culminating in a dramatic conclusion that resonates throughout literary history. This edition, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, aims to provide an accessible yet faithful rendition of Dostoevsky’s work, making it a significant addition to the canon of literary classics.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic tale of one man’s pure innocence in the face of a society obsessed with power, money, and manipulation
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.” Even before he reaches home he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation. Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this “positively beautiful man” on the people around him, leading to a final scene that is one of the most powerful in all of world 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.
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