Bibliograph

The idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Constance Garnett ; revised by Elina Yuffa ; with an introduction by Joseph Frank ; notes by Elina Yuffa

Type

Label

The idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Constance Garnett ; revised by Elina Yuffa ; with an introduction by Joseph Frank ; notes by Elina Yuffa

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-578)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The idiot

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60686327

Responsibility statement

Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Constance Garnett ; revised by Elina Yuffa ; with an introduction by Joseph Frank ; notes by Elina Yuffa

Series statement

Barnes & Noble classics

Summary

After fifteen years of treatment for epilepsy in a Swiss institution, Prince Mishkin returns to St. Petersburg to find a jaded mid-19th century social world. At first, the kindly, almost childlike prince is taken for an idiot. But the two most beautiful women in town are soon competing for his affections in a duel that grows increasingly dangerous

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