Product details
Features
- Language: English
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Om Books International
Description
In order to reach perfection, one must begin by being ignorant of a great deal.
A descendant of one of Russian nobility's oldest families, the gentle, good natured and epileptic Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to St. Petersburg after spending four years in a Swiss sanatorium. Taken to be an idiot', Prince Myshkin's life changes drastically after he stumbles upon a photograph of Nastasya Filippovna during a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin. Entangled in a web of love, betrayal, and murder, the Christ-like Prince Myshkin struggles to negotiate a chaotic and corrupt Russian society.
Regarded as Fyodor Dostoevsky's most autobiographical work, The Idiot, as the author wrote in a letter in 1868, was meant "to depict a positively good and beautiful human being". Through the exploration of the psychological complexities and idiosyncrasies of modern Russian society, Dostoevsky presents the life of a Russian Holy Fool in a world of moral emptiness and degradation.
The Idiot remains an evergreen classic.
Overview
- Product Dimensions20.3 x 4.7 x 25.4 cm
- Package Dimensions22 x 30 x 13 cm
- Weight0.43
- Recommended AgeSuitable for 6 years and above
