A Russian prince returns to Saint Petersburg after a long absence in Switzerland, where he was undergoing treatment for epilepsy. On the train he meets and befriends a man of low origins. This man becomes the dark counterpart of the inherently good prince; the two can also be seen as Christ- and devil-like figures. Dostoevsky wished to portray an unspoiled man, whose goodness is plunged into the chaos of Saint Petersberg society and a passionate contest for the disreputable Nastasya.

Translated by Eva Martin. The Idiot is a novel written by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky and first published in 1868. Dostoevsky's motives for writing The Idiot stem from his desire to depict the "positively good man". This man is naturally likened to Christ in many ways. Dostoevsky uses Myshkin's introduction to the Petersburg society as a way to contrast the nature of Russian society at the time and the isolation and innocence of this good man. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free en...

Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o'clock one morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few yards away from the carriage windows.

A novel of innocence and iniquity, love and murder, by the nineteenth-century Russian author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.After several years in a Swiss sanatorium, twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin returns to Russian society to collect his rightful inheritance. But he soon crosses paths with the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant's son whose desire for Nastasya Filippovna will set the three of them on a tragic course. As author...

Into a compellingly real portrait of nineteenth-century Russian society, Dostoevsky introduces his ideal hero, the saintly Prince Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin. Returning to St. Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naïve epileptic Myshkin, the last, poverty-stricken member of a once great family and regarded by many as an idiot, pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General and his family. Here he sees a picture of Nastasya Fillipovna and ...

This study of natural goodness is Dostoyevsky's most touching novel. Prince Myshkin, the last, poverty-stricken member of a once great family and regarded by many as an idiot, returns to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland in order to collect an inheritance. Before he has even arrived home he becomes involved with Rogozhin, a rich merchant's son whose obsession with the fascinating Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. But this is only the mai...

A man too good for this world. A society determined to break him. Prince Myshkin returns to Russia after years of illness, carrying a rare gift—unshakable kindness. But in a world fueled by greed, jealousy, and desire, his innocence becomes a danger. Drawn into a tragic love triangle and a whirlwind of emotional chaos, Myshkin's gentle heart collides with people who mistake compassion for weakness, leading to consequences as devastating as they are inevitable. Praised as "one of Dostoevsky...

This carefully crafted ebook: “The Idiot (The Unabridged Eva Martin Translation)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This is the version based on the unabridged Eva Martin translation.The Idiot is a novel written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in The Russian Messenger between 1868 and 1869. In The Idiot Dostoevsky hoped to portray the ideal of a man who wishes to sacrifice himself for others. Prince Myshkin is a s...

What if true goodness made a man appear a fool? The Idiot (1869), by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is a sweeping psychological and philosophical novel that explores innocence, morality, and the corruption of society. The story follows Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a gentle and compassionate man whose honesty and kindness stand in stark contrast to the greed, intrigue, and cruelty of the Russian aristocracy. Upon returning to Russia after years abroad, Myshkin finds himself entangled in a tragic lo...

The Idiot is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868–9. The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In the character of Prince Myshkin, Dostoevsky s...

The Idiot is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868–1869.The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young prince whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity, and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In the character of Prin...

A pure soul in a complicated world. A story that questions what it truly means to be "good." In The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky introduces Prince Myshkin, a man of extraordinary kindness and innocence who returns to society only to find himself surrounded by ambition, passion, and moral complexity. His honesty and compassion challenge those around him—revealing both the beauty and the flaws of human nature. Through powerful character dynamics and deep psychological insight, the novel explores...