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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
Very good. I would recommend this to anybody that liked Crime and Punishment.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I feel the most accessible of Dostoevsky's works. you should just read it.
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Mais um brilhante. Associo este ao Ana Karenina, porque tem muitas personagens, mas não tão alta sociedade. Nunca dá para descrever muito bem livros do Dostoevsky. Depois de ler andei a tentar imitar o Myshkin, estando atento ao final do livro.
Book 104 out of 200 books
"The Idiot" by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
"The Idiot" is the story of Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin, a social outcast-turned-aristocrat, who, in a sudden turn of events before the actual beginning of the novel, received a letter regarding his *inheritance and his state in Russian high society. He is, I could remark, a rose among the thorns, because he has to deal people who plans on leeching off him.
"The Idiot" is 1/4 of all of Dostoevsky's major novels, the other three being "Crime and Punishment", "The Brothers Karamazov" and "The Possessed" or "Demons" or "The Devils".
MY THOUGHTS:
I was suppose to read this novel slowly throughout the course of a month, but I found out that you can read faster, I managed to finish the novel in 20 days. This was my first and most recent Dostoevsky read, ever since "The Brothers Karamazov". I had a lot of weight on that book and didn't read Dostoevsky again for another 8 months.
This novel was quite difficult to read though, the character dialogues, the overall prose, and more importantly the description of the main character Myshkin, all were difficult to go through.
I'd say that this novel was basically the main character against the entire world. That was euphemism I just wrote, it actually is the main character against the people he both admires and detests at the same time.
This book was all about the main character's gullibility to trust others he doesn't even know intimately. Heck, if I remember correctly, even Gavrila Ardalionovich or "Gania" has some interests on the person of Myshkin. Gania considered Myshkin a friend. And Gania's general-father too, throughout the story's timeline, has some interests on the main character.
Overall, I believe that the main character isn't really an idiot, let alone putting clauses on the degrading word. In my own interpretation of the events of the story, the main character was in Russia but at the wrong time, the main character spawned in a hellish place with draconian circumstances, when he should've spawned at a better, more wholesome place.
In the end, I didn't really feel bad for Nastasia Philipovna, Myshkin's fiancée, she was killed for fooling one of the Street men. She was a narcissistic woman, Myshkin should've known that she was a leech! That is where my criticisms of not only the main character but the entire story gets.
Dostoevsky probably didn't as plan this novel probably because this work, in my opinion, is the easiest to get out of all of Dostoevsky. Returning to criticism, why didn't the main character realize that everyone around him was trying to leech of him? Even his "Friends" have something against him?! In the end, Myshkin goes back to the sanatorium in Switzerland, because of the fact that those around him thought that he was insane, in the end.
Well, this concludes my criticisms on "The Idiot". Though A provocative title, a bleak portrait it is the novel on 19th century Russia. Do I recommend this book to begin on Dostoevsky? Certainly, yes. Because it isn't as complicated and much of the novel explores those characters who despise Myshkin for being rich all of a sudden. Do I like or even, love, this novel by Dostoevsky? I love all of Dostoevsky and plan on reading 3 or 4 works, not necessarily long as this book or his "Demons", but 3 or 4 shorter novels or novellas will do.
This book was my first book of March 2022 and my First Dostoevsky book for the year, as well as the first Russian literature book I read this year. A great book, but not a deep one!
"The Idiot" by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
"The Idiot" is the story of Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin, a social outcast-turned-aristocrat, who, in a sudden turn of events before the actual beginning of the novel, received a letter regarding his *inheritance and his state in Russian high society. He is, I could remark, a rose among the thorns, because he has to deal people who plans on leeching off him.
"The Idiot" is 1/4 of all of Dostoevsky's major novels, the other three being "Crime and Punishment", "The Brothers Karamazov" and "The Possessed" or "Demons" or "The Devils".
MY THOUGHTS:
I was suppose to read this novel slowly throughout the course of a month, but I found out that you can read faster, I managed to finish the novel in 20 days. This was my first and most recent Dostoevsky read, ever since "The Brothers Karamazov". I had a lot of weight on that book and didn't read Dostoevsky again for another 8 months.
This novel was quite difficult to read though, the character dialogues, the overall prose, and more importantly the description of the main character Myshkin, all were difficult to go through.
I'd say that this novel was basically the main character against the entire world. That was euphemism I just wrote, it actually is the main character against the people he both admires and detests at the same time.
This book was all about the main character's gullibility to trust others he doesn't even know intimately. Heck, if I remember correctly, even Gavrila Ardalionovich or "Gania" has some interests on the person of Myshkin. Gania considered Myshkin a friend. And Gania's general-father too, throughout the story's timeline, has some interests on the main character.
Overall, I believe that the main character isn't really an idiot, let alone putting clauses on the degrading word. In my own interpretation of the events of the story, the main character was in Russia but at the wrong time, the main character spawned in a hellish place with draconian circumstances, when he should've spawned at a better, more wholesome place.
In the end, I didn't really feel bad for Nastasia Philipovna, Myshkin's fiancée, she was killed for fooling one of the Street men. She was a narcissistic woman, Myshkin should've known that she was a leech! That is where my criticisms of not only the main character but the entire story gets.
Dostoevsky probably didn't as plan this novel probably because this work, in my opinion, is the easiest to get out of all of Dostoevsky. Returning to criticism, why didn't the main character realize that everyone around him was trying to leech of him? Even his "Friends" have something against him?! In the end, Myshkin goes back to the sanatorium in Switzerland, because of the fact that those around him thought that he was insane, in the end.
Well, this concludes my criticisms on "The Idiot". Though A provocative title, a bleak portrait it is the novel on 19th century Russia. Do I recommend this book to begin on Dostoevsky? Certainly, yes. Because it isn't as complicated and much of the novel explores those characters who despise Myshkin for being rich all of a sudden. Do I like or even, love, this novel by Dostoevsky? I love all of Dostoevsky and plan on reading 3 or 4 works, not necessarily long as this book or his "Demons", but 3 or 4 shorter novels or novellas will do.
This book was my first book of March 2022 and my First Dostoevsky book for the year, as well as the first Russian literature book I read this year. A great book, but not a deep one!