Bibliograph

The idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky ; with an introduction by Richard Pevear

Type

Label

The idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky ; with an introduction by Richard Pevear

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [617]-633)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The idiot

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52578655

Responsibility statement

Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky ; with an introduction by Richard Pevear

Series statement

Vintage classics

Summary

Prince Myshkin, a good yet simple man, is out of place in the corrupt world obsessed by wealth, power, and sexual conquest created by Russia's elite ruling class, as he becomes caught in the middle of a violent love triangle with two women who become rivals for his attention

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