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The Idiot

The Idiot

by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881

BookID: 2638

Language:English

Translator:Martin, Eva (Translator)

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Historical fictionRussia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction

Description

"The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a novel published serially in 1868–1869. It follows Prince Myshkin, a young nobleman whose Christian goodness and innocence lead worldly society to mistake him for simple-minded. Dostoevsky sets his "positively good and beautiful man" against the passions, desires, and egoism of contemporary Russian life, testing whether true Christian love can survive in a corrupt world. The result is a deeply personal work exploring profound moral and spiritual questions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature

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