Category: Book The Idiot

  • The Idiot Essays

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    The Idiot Summary The Idiot, by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, tells the tragic story of Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin. The Prince is a kind, modest man and an unfortunate sufferer of epilepsy. After spending years in an insane asylum in Switzerland, he travels back to his native Russia to find his… 1 699 words…

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    Initially published in The Russian Messenger, The Idiot is one of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s experimental works where he did not follow any of the conventional literary methods but produced a great work nonetheless. The story centers around Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, the character Dostoyevsky refers to as ‘The Idiot’ in his title. The title ironically depicts…