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The Idiot by David Magarshack, Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1956, Paperback, Reprint) 
The Idiot by David Magarshack, Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1956, Paperback, Reprint)

 
The Idiot by David Magarshack, Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1956, Paperback, Reprint)

Publisher: Penguin USA
Publication Date: 1956-01-01
Series: Penguin Classics Series
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0140440542
ISBN-13: 9780140440546
Product ID: EPID54976
Description: Dostoyevsky wanted to create a portrait of a "good man" in Prince Myshkin, a Christlike figure who is the heir to a large fortune and whose simple goodness has a profound impact on those around him. Myshkin's saintly impulses occasionall...
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Synopsis
Dostoyevsky wanted to create a portrait of a "good man" in Prince Myshkin, a Christlike figure who is the heir to a large fortune and whose simple goodness has a profound impact on those around him. Myshkin's saintly impulses occasionally backfire, as when the prostitute Natasha, believing he loves her, is devastated to learn his love is only pity; she runs away with the evil Rogozhin, who murders her. At times the plot reads like a thriller, though throughout the novel Dostoyevsky probes the meaning of human suffering and the nature of true compassion. In spite of the fact that he felt he didn't achieve his stated goal, THE IDIOT was Dostoyevsky's favorite among his novels.

Details
Publication Date:1956-01-01
Series:Penguin Classics Series
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Height:7.3 in
Width:4.5 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:10.4 oz

Publisher's Note
'The chief thing is that they all need him' -thus Dostoyevsky described Prince Myshkin, the hero of perhaps his most remarkable novel. As the still, radiant center of a plot whose turbulent action is extraordinary even for Dostoyevsky, Myshkin succeeds in dominating through sheer force a personality a cast of characters who vividly and violently embody the passions and conflicts of the 19th century Russia.

Industry Reviews
"The main idea of the novel is to depict the positively good man. There is nothing more difficult than this in the world, especially nowadays."
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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