In "The Idiot," Prince Myshkin, a saintly man, is thrust into the heart of a society obsessed with wealth, power, and sexual conquest. He soon finds himself at the center of a violent love triangle in which a notorious woman and a beautiful young girl become rivals for his affections. Extortion, scandal, and murder follow, as Dostoevsky's "positively good man" clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his moral idealism.
This wonderfully fresh and faithful translation--never before published--is sure to become the definitive edition in English.
- ISBN10 0822006278
- ISBN13 9780822006275
- Publish Date 5 October 1968
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 112
- Language English