The Idiot
-
-
4.2 • 141 Ratings
-
Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
Bold, romantic, and emotionally explosive, The Idiot follows a kindhearted prince whose sincerity is so rare, the people he encounters don’t know whether they should adore him or destroy him.
When Prince Myshkin returns to Saint Petersburg after years in a Swiss sanitarium, his openness and kindheartedness unsettle a society ruled by power and money. Drawn into the orbit of two women—brilliant, wounded Nastasya Filippovna and spirited Aglaya Epanchin—he finds himself at the heart of a perilous rivalry.
With daring psychological insight and disarming flashes of comedy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky examines what goodness looks like when it’s caught between desire and society’s pressure to conform. The Idiot reveals how easily innocence is mistaken for weakness and how steep the cost can be for those who keep believing in love.
Customer Reviews
...heart-stopping...
Few writers can fill you with such feelings of hope one minute, and agony the next.
Classically boring
I'm trying to get through some world renowned classics. I should have loved this more. However, the dialogue, which I'm sure, was quite charming during the era and served as witty conversation, just sounded absurd to me. The Prince came off cartoonish at best. Just not for me.