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Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Fyodor Dostoyevsky set out to portray "a truly beautiful soul" colliding with the brutal reality of contemporary society. Returning to St. Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive Prince Myshkin—known as "the idiot"—pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General and his circle. But after becoming infatuated with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna, Myshkin finds himself caught up in a love triangle and drawn into a web of blackmail, betrayal, and, ultimately, murder. This new translation by…
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Editions
274 editions · 10 languages- Hardcover · English · 2020The IdiotIboo Press · 600 pages · 9781641818377
- Paperback · English · 2018The IdiotRead Books · 718 pages · 9781528708234
- Paperback · English · 2018The IdiotCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 342 pages · 9781985259218
- Hardcover · English · 2018The IdiotSimon & Brown · 846 pages · 9781731701220
- Paperback · English · 2018The idiotCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 538 pages · 9781984161208
- Paperback · English · 2018The IdiotDigireads.com Publishing · 498 pages · 9781420959116
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