The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Kultverlag (Editor), Samule Leuenberger

Overview

The Idiot

Dostoevskys Idiot, is one of the most famous novels by Fyodor Dostoevsky. After a five-year stay in a Swiss sanatorium, 26-year-old Prince Lev Myshkin returns to Russia one November morning to settle an inheritance matter in St. Petersburg following the death of a relative. Although his epilepsy has been successfully treated, his isolation has caused him to develop childishly naive behaviors and he is ridiculed by society as an "Idiot." The Idiot is rightly considered one of the greatest works of world literature. In his naive, unconventional way, the protagonist sees people in their personal and social tensions and contradictions and their resulting suffering. He fails in his efforts to help them and sinks back into his disease state of mental isolation.

Dostoevksi the Idiot is a must for everyone's bookcase.

A "Kultverlag Klassik" novel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798517867339
Publisher:	Kultverlag Klassik
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Pages:	348
Sales rank:	158,452
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Few authors have been as personally familiar with desperation as Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), and none have been so adept at describing it. His harrowing experiences in Russian prisons, combined with a profound religious philosophy, formed the basis for his greatest books: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed, and The Brothers Karamazov. When Dostoevsky died in 1881, he left a legacy of masterful novels that immortalized him as a giant of Russian literature.