num_pages: 567
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.Alternate edition of ISBN-10: 1853261750; ISBN-13: 9781853261756
language: English
title: The Idiot
titlecomplete: The Idiot
characters: Nastasya Filippovna, Prince Myshkin, Rogozhin
genres: Fiction, Philosophy, Classic Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Russian Literature, Historical Fiction, Russia
ratings_count: 173630
places: Russian Empire, St. Petersburg
publisher: Wordsworth Editions