The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Author: Fyodor DostoevskyTranslator: Richard Pevear
Translator: Larissa Volokhonsky
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-08
ISBN: 0375702245
Number of pages: 656
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: "The Positively innocent man"
Summary: 5 Stars
Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic novel "The Idiot" centers around the main character, Prince Lev Nikolaievich Myshkin. Spending 3 years in a Swiss sanitorium for "idiocy," Prince Myshkin comes back to Russia because of a "longing in his heart for his fatherland". It doesn't take long for Myshkin to meet the dark and obsessive Parfyon Semyonovich Rogozhin and Lebedev, two main characters in the story.
The book is mostly centered around various planned marriages and relationships. As such, it is not a "gripping" read in the sense of suspense and thrill. It is a novel at the top of Russian style, that is a novel of ideas.
It is a moving story about the inability of society to accept someone purely based upon who they are. Prince Myshkin is a simpleton; he is honest and kind-hearted who gives his heart to anyone who would take it. He is purity embodied. However, the society with which Myshkin finds himself in contact with are vain, shallow, and greedy people who exploit others for personal profit.
All in all, this book is worth 5 stars based on the philosophical implications alone. Definitely worth a read.
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