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The Idiot (Readings Classics)
[Paperback - 2025]
fyodor dostoyevsky
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Publisher: Readings | ISBN: 9786275100591 | Pages: 551
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Prince Lev Myshkin is a kind and compassionate man whose sincerity and honesty has set him apart in a world driven by ambition, greed and deception.
Returning to Russia after treatment for epilepsy in Switzerland, he meets two women-Nastasya Filippovna, a beautiful, self-destructive woman haunted by her past and Aglaya Epanchin, a spirited and idealistic young aristocrat. Caught between them, he becomes entangled in a web of love, jealousy and manipulation. As tensions mount and passions erupt, his goodness begins to clash fatally with the corruption around him.Drawn deeper into the lives of those who both revere and exploit him, he faces an impossible choice that can destroy everything-and everyone-he cares for.
Through Myshkin's tragic journey, Dostoyevsky examines the tension between goodness and societal corruption, questioning whether true purity can survive in a world full of moral ambiguity. With its richly drawn characters, psychological depth and philosophical insight, The Idiot stands as one of Dostoyevsky's most moving and thought-provoking works, offering a timeless meditation on what it means to live with compassion in an often unforgiving world.

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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on November 11, 1821. He is known for his profound understanding of human psychology and his ability to bring forth the darkest realms of human nature. Dostoyevsky inspired a number of modern movements including Existentialism, literary criticism and many schools of psychology and theology. He influenced a number of modern philosophers and writers including Anton Chekov, George Orwell and Jean-Paul Sartre. He is best known for his novels Notes from Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (serialized from 1868 to 1869), The Possessed or otherwise known as Demons (serialised from 1871 to 1872) and The Brothers Karamazov (serialised from 1879 to 1880). Dostoyevsky died on February 9, 1881 at the age of 59, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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