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The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Description for The Idiot
hardcover. Prince Myshkin, the last, poverty-stricken member of a once great family and regarded by many as an idiot, returns to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland in order to collect an inheritance. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Series: Everyman's Library Classics. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 38. Weight in Grams: 714.
This study of natural goodness is Dostoevsky’s most touching novel. Prince Myshkin, the last, poverty-stricken member of a once great family and regarded by many as an idiot, returns to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland in order to collect an inheritance. Before he has even arrived home he becomes involved with Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the fascinating Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. But this is only the main thread of a rich and complex book in which a dazzling host of characters, from generals to street urchins, present ... Read more
This study of natural goodness is Dostoevsky’s most touching novel. Prince Myshkin, the last, poverty-stricken member of a once great family and regarded by many as an idiot, returns to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland in order to collect an inheritance. Before he has even arrived home he becomes involved with Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the fascinating Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. But this is only the main thread of a rich and complex book in which a dazzling host of characters, from generals to street urchins, present ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
Series
Everyman's Library Classics
Number of Pages
680
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857152548
SKU
9781857152548
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About Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November 1821. He had six siblings and his mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839. He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to change careers and become a writer. His first book, Poor Folk, did very well but on 23rd April 1849 he ... Read more
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