false 12505 190 Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshkin’s honesty, goodness, and integrity are shown to be unequal to the moral emptiness of those around him. In her revision of the Garnett translation, Anna Brailovsky has corrected inaccuracies wrought by Garnett’s drastic anglicization of the novel, restoring as much as possible the syntactical structure of the original. 6552198 book 1869 The Idiot (Modern Library Classics) total:7382|5:2913|4:2649|3:1417|2:341|1:62| 7382 30156 11622 563 5 28 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 08:25:10 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 20:17:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 7 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 05:29:31 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 06:04:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 7 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed May 16 11:01:39 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 11:19:56 -0700 2007
According to my understanding of "The Idiot," Dostoevsky's definition of an idiot is someone who actually believes that everyone is trying to do their best and do no harm. This is in utter ignorance, usually, of everyone's tendenc...more...]]> 4 11 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976 Thu Aug 14 13:09:27 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 30 18:23:01 -0700 2009 The Idiot while I was in the hospital – in isolation, to be precise. What I remember is that the “idiot”, Prince Myshkin, lived in the moment; and that I became so absorbed in his ability to see good in others – no matter what they did – that I forgot where I was for long periods of...more...]]> 4 6 false false Wed Mar 26 11:04:27 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 11:30:58 -0700 2008 There were a few times when I actually slammed my book angrily against a table or wall and yelling "you stupid a** what did you do that...more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 13:14:32 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 13:42:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Sat Aug 18 16:28:55 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 16:29:32 -0700 2007 3 3 false false Sat Apr 05 12:37:05 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 10:42:56 -0700 2008 5 3 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 12:18:58 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 08:58:19 -0700 2008 1
It's been said that the character of the Prince is "Christ-like" and he is. Long-suffering, kind, gentle and given to "saving" people. It's easy, then, to make or call him a Christ figure or symbol, but I'm not keen to ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 01:13:41 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 01:13:41 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 2 2 false true Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 11:31:22 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 07:26:42 -0700 2008
Here's what I got: some guy (our hero) comes to Russia on a train and meets a nasty guy who just became rich. In Russia, he goes and ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 05 09:52:51 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 12:43:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jun 05 06:44:19 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 13:03:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Thu Feb 19 13:54:20 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 13:57:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 2 true false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 20:23:23 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 20:13:27 -0700 2007
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