TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dostoyevsky,Fyodor
AU  - Garnett,Constance
AU  - Cardinal,Agnes
TI  - The idiot
T2  - Wordsworth classics
SN  - 9781853261756
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Ware
PB  -  Wordsworth Editions Limited
KW  - Russia
KW  - History
KW  - 1801-1917
KW  - Fiction
N1  - 'First published by Wordsworth editions Limited in 1996'. Title page verso; "Complete and unabridged"--Cover
N2  - 
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. His serene selflessness is contrasted with the worldly qualities of every other character in the novel. Dostoevsky supplies a harsh indictment of the Russian ruling class of his day who have created a world which cannot accomodate the goodness of this idiot
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