The Idiot

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Publishers:

Vizetelly & Co.; Brentanos

, 1887

Overview

Prince Lyov Nikolaevich Myshkin is a young, handsome, and open-hearted man of simplicity and virtue—leading many to mistakenly assume he is unintelligent and naïve. But what happens when such a good man meets the selfish and ambitious affairs of St. Petersburg’s aristocracy? In this tale of compassion, romance, jealousy, and violence, the worldly meets the personification of goodness and innocence—and the result leaves a penetrating insight into humanity itself.

Product Details

• Title: The Idiot
• Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Series: Vizetelly’s Russian Novels
• Publishers: Vizetelly & Co., Brentanos
• Print Publication Date: 1887
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 489
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Russia › Social life and customs--1533-1917--Fiction
• Resource ID: LLS:THEIDIOT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:00:33Z

About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881) was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevsky’s literary works explored human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society.