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The idiot / Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; translated with notes by David McDuff ; with an introduction by William Mills Todd III.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 (author.). McDuff, David, 1945- (translator,, writer of supplementary textual content.). Todd, William Mills, 1944- (writer of introduction.). Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 translation of: Idiot. English. (Added Author).

Summary:

In this literary classic, saintly Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from a Swiss sanitorium and finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with wealth, power and sexual conquest. He soon becomes entangled in a love triangle with a notorious kept woman, Nastasya, and a beautiful young girl, Aglaya.

Record details

ISBN: 9780140447927 (trade paperback)
Physical Description: xli, 732 pages ; 20 cm.
Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in 1868. Translation of: Idiot.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Language Note:	Translated from the Russian.