Title | : | The Idiot |
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Author | : | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Release | : | 2017-02-01 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | Fiction |
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1 | The Idiot | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Prince Lyov Nikolayevitch Myshkin is one of the great characters in Russian literature. Is he a saint or just naïve? Is he an idealist or, as many in General Epanchin's society feel, an 'idiot'? Certainly, his return to St. Petersburg after years in a Swiss clinic has a dramatic effect on the beautiful Aglaia, youngest of the Epanchin daughters, and on the charismatic but willful Nastasya Filippovna. As he paints a vivid picture of Russian society, Dostoyevsky shows how principles conflict with emotions - with tragic results. |