The Idiot

The Idiot
ISBN-10
0140440542
ISBN-13
9780140440546
Series
The Idiot
Category
Continental European fiction (Fictional works by one author).
Pages
618
Language
English
Published
1955-01-01
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Description

The Idiot is the story of a saintly, Christian man who is thrust into the heart of a society more concerned with wealth, power and sexual conquest than with the ideals of Christianity. My intention is to portray a truly beautiful soul.--Fyodor Dostoevsky. A Bantam Classic.

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