The Idiot
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Release Date: 1869-01-01
- Genre: Classics
Description
Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky's own views, afflictions and manners.
Reviews
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4By Bodhiboy65Sick, convoluted and fantastic.Понравилось
5By OffenLordСпасибо большое Федору Михаиловичу Достоевскому!Edit
4By champ1233456789Needs another edit. But it got 4 stars because it’s a good bookThe idiot
5By william the ruski3rd time reading it. Doestoevsky has inhabited my soul for many years and makes me see life very deeply.Gloomy
3By GrumblymuleThe diction is beautiful, the characters developed and narrative original. However the vast tangents F.D. takes (characteristically) combined with the decidedly doomed tone foreshadows a depressing and even anticlimactic ending. Language and intricacy aside, I could not recommend this to anyone unless they desire to feel pity.The Idiot reviewed
4By cheryljessenWow!! What a long book!! Longest I've read to date. The writings for me, I admit, were sometimes hard to understand in some places, however I really enjoyed the book. There was a lot of information, and people who were interesting. I did not expect the ending. I would recommend this book to anyone who can think while reading, and has the knowledge to comprehend and keep up with the story. I would read again.A tragic tale
3By rossandbethWaste. So much promise fretted away, the author stands at the abyss and describes a tale that leaves the reader asking why.The Idiot
4By exasperadaTwo cunning women terrorize a virtue signaling hapless prince.The Idiot
2By Molly MormomLaboriousGreat book
4By Azucar de CañaLoved this book, it changed my mind about Dostoyevsky whom I considered a bit too heavy. This is easy to read and keeps you interested the whole time. Left me thinking a lot about human nature and accountability. The edition/translation itself is not great, misspellings and grammatical errors are found. But it doesn't take from the story.Absolute nonsense
1By ShooooootMeeeee!As a lover and appreciator of the classics, I had always meant to read some Dostoyevsy. My mother had a copy of this and recommended it to me. In short, dear friends, if you're lucky enough to read this before wasting months dragging yourselves through it, just don't do it. To sum it up without giving anything of the plot away, it is just much ado about nothing. No meaningful points or lessons - just much ado about nothing. Can't believe I wasted so much time ill never get back. Ugh!The Idiot
5By mbur49Of course it is a great book, as are all written by famous 19th century Russian novelists. Just obscure and rambling enough to rate as literature rather than pulp fiction, but with an equally lurid and engaging story line. Several themes are propounded upon in convenient soliloquies: Life, Death, Religion, Politics, etc. These are interesting for their reflection of the place and time, Russia in the 19th century. So foreign to a modern American mindset! This particular e-edition contains about 50 errors and is tricky to decipher where these occur.Interesting read
3By rlp2014njThe story is a little hard to follow as the author uses various names for the same character, but overall it's well written. Detailed, enticing, and definitely a tale of the times.A great book . Extraordinarily told and drawn.
5By chefluis1975I loved this book . I couldn't put it down.Idiot
1By Goliath Tiger FishNo wonder it's called the idiot. The chapters are mixed up.Need to fix the chapters
1By jkookerThere seem to be gaps or mixed up chapters in this one. Frustrating.Alright
2By RitareadsI didn't realize till the end that there were some misplaced chapters inserted at the end.The Idiot
5By cahesada4444See above.
