The Idiot

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The Idiot

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ISBN: 9781853261756
author: Dostoevesky
translator: Constance Garnett
publishing house: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
publication date: 1996
series: Wordsworth Classics
price: GBP 2.50
number of pages: 592

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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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