Name: The Idiot (Wordsworth Classics)
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Author: Fiodor Dostoevsky
ISBN: 9781853261756

Type

Physical Book

Author

Fiodor Dostoevsky

Publisher

Wordsworth Editions

Year

1996

Language

English

Pages

596

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

12.5 x 3.2 x 20 cm

Weight

ISBN

9781853261756

ISBN13

9781853261756

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The Idiot (Wordsworth Classics)

Fiodor Dostoevsky (Author) · Wordsworth Editions · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Idiot (Wordsworth Classics) "

Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction and Notes by Agnes Cardinal, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent. Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky's own views, afflictions and manners. His serene selflessness is contrasted with the worldly qualities of every other character in the novel. Dostoevsky supplies a harsh indictment of the Russian ruling class of his day who have created a world which cannot accomodate the goodness of this idiot.

Fiodor Dostoevsky

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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky Moscow, (1821-1881) was one of the leading writers and novelists of the Russian Empire, whose literature explores human psychology in the complex political, social, and spiritual context of Russian society in the second half of the 19th century. At the age of 20, he began working as a translator in St. Petersburg and published his first novel, Poor Folk, which earned him almost instant and fleeting fame

He was sentenced to exile in Siberia and later to death, pardoned just moments before, which would serve as a boost to establish himself as a successful writer. In his works, he shows traits of modernity, dealing in detail with the everyday moments of the time and a realistic tone in the dialogues with ironic touches.

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