The Idiot
- ISBN-10
- 1501029134
- ISBN-13
- 9781501029134
- Series
- The Idiot
- Category
- Innocence (Psychology)
- Pages
- 785
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Author
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Description
"The 26-year-old Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to Russia after spending several years at a Swiss sanatorium. Scorned by the society of St. Petersburg for his trusting nature and naiveté, he finds himself at the center of a struggle between a beautiful kept woman and a virtuous and pretty young girl, both of whom win his affection. Unfortunately, Myshkin's very goodness precipitates disaster, leaving the impression that, in a world obsessed with money, power, and sexual conquest, a sanatorium may be the only place for a saint"--Wikipedia, accessed February 22, 2015.
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