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The Idiot (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)
$5.99 - Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The IdiotPrince 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.
Full description- Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Published: 01 April 1998
- Format: Paperback 592 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Classics
- ISBN 13: 9781853261756 ISBN 10: 1853261750
- Sales rank: 2,702
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Full description for The Idiot
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.
