The Idiot

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Introduction by Linda Invanits
Afterword by Gary Rosenshield
Translated by Henry Carlisle and Olga Carlisle

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Introduction by Linda Invanits
Afterword by Gary Rosenshield
Translated by Henry Carlisle and Olga Carlisle

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    A classic by a Russian master

    Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is an almost comically innocent Christ figure in a land of sinners, one whose faith in beauty contrasts sharply with that of his society’s.

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    A classic by a Russian master

    Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is an almost comically innocent Christ figure in a land of sinners, one whose faith in beauty contrasts sharply with that of his society’s.

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    About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), one of nineteenth-century Russia’s greatest novelists, spent four years in a convict prison in Siberia, after which he was obliged to enlist in the army. In later years his penchant for gambling sent him deeply into debt. Most… More about Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), one of nineteenth-century Russia’s greatest novelists, spent four years in a convict prison in Siberia, after which he was obliged to enlist in the army. In later years his penchant for gambling sent him deeply into debt. Most… More about Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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