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The Idiot
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Idiot
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) F.M. Dostoevsky
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Introduction by Richard Pevear
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Translated by Larissa Volokhonsky
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Translated by Richard Pevear
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:640 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781862075931
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| Classifications | Dewey:891.733 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Granta Books
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| Imprint |
Granta Books
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| Publication Date |
1 August 2003 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Just two weeks after completing Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky produced a second novel with a very different man at its centre. In The Idiot, the saintly Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from a Swiss sanitorium and finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with wealth, power and sexual conquest. He soon becomes entangled in a love triangle with a notorious kept woman, Nastasya, and a beautiful young girl, Aglaya. Extortion and scandal escalate to murder, as Dostoevsky's 'positively beautiful man' clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his innocence and moral idealism. The Idiot is both a powerful indictment of that society and a rich and gripping masterpiece. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's new translation - fresh, crisp and faithful to the original (bumps and blemishes included) - brings the story of Prince Myshkin to new life.
Author Biography
Born in Moscow, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was the author of such classics as Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.
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