The Idiot - Introduction by Richard Pevear (Hardcover)

Fyodor Dostoevsky; Translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky; Introduction by Richard Pevear

Series: Everyman's Library Classics Series

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From the award-winning translators of The Brothers Karamazov, a superb new translation of the novel in which Dostoevsky set out to portray "a truly beautiful soul."

In The Idiot, Prince Myshkin, a saintly man, is thrust into the heart of a society obsessed with wealth, power, and sexual conquest. He soon finds himself at the center of a violent love triangle in which a notorious woman and a beautiful young girl become rivals for his affections. Extortion, scandal, and murder follow, as Dostoevsky's "positively good man" clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his moral idealism.

This wonderfully fresh and faithful translation—never before published—is sure to become the definitive edition in English.

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Everyman's Library Classics Series
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	April 2002
Authors:	Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translators:	Richard Pevear • Larissa Volokhonsky
Introduction by:	Richard Pevear
Dimensions:	210 x 135 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	633
ISBN-13:	978-0-375-41392-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Russian
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-375-41392-8
Barcode:	9780375413926