The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky

784 pages first pub 1869 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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 Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Dostoyevsky set out to create a protagonist with "a truly beautiful soul" and to trace the fate of such an individual as he comes into contact with the brutal reality of contemporary society. The novel ...

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