The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
An unusually compassionate man's return to society exposes the tensions between goodness and worldly ambition. Prince Myshkin returns to Russian society with a gentleness that unsettles the ambitions and expectations of those he meets. His relationships become caught in conflicts of desire, money, pride, and vulnerability. Dostoevsky asks what happens when an ideal of goodness confronts a social world unable to understand or accommodate it.
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The Idiot
Prince Myshkin returns to Russian society with a gentleness that unsettles the ambitions and expectations of those he meets. His relationships become caught in conflicts of desire, money, pride, and vulnerability. Dostoevsky asks what happens when an ideal of goodness confronts a social world unable to understand or accommodate it.
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An unusually compassionate man's return to society exposes the tensions between goodness and worldly ambition. Explore Compassion, Social conflict and Innocence in this book.
Edition details
- Author / creators: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Publisher: Vintage
- Language: English
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 656
- Edition publication year: 2003
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Book Details
- Author
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 656
- Publication year
- 2003
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