false 226383 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172870532m/226383.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172870532s/226383.jpg 12505 164 6552198 book 1869 The Idiot (Modern Library Classics) total:7676|5:3021|4:2763|3:1469|2:358|1:65| 7676 31345 12191 578 3356 4.14 82495 6782 217371 4.00 22889 2509 61888844 512643 12854 0375702245 9780375702242 86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237380178m/12854.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237380178s/12854.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12854.The_Idiot 4.17 677 The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English.

After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people.” Even before he reaches home he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation. Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this “positively beautiful man” on the people around him, leading to a final scene that is one of the most powerful in all of world literature.]]> 1869 5 28 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...]]> 1250681 73546 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.06 5871 1869 5 7 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed May 16 11:01:39 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:33:06 -0800 2009
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...]]> 32321995 381149 107844 014044792X 9780140447927 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171576920m/107844.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171576920s/107844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107844.The_Idiot 4.09 254 1869 4 7 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...]]> 30158072 1424859 226383 0140440542 9780140440546 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172870532m/226383.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172870532s/226383.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/226383.The_Idiot 4.06 66 1869 4 11 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...]]> 4746582 288948 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 1 3 false Sat Aug 18 16:28:55 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:50:05 -0800 2009 18687384 216088 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 4 6 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...]]> 11800812 237751 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 5 3 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...]]> 19529180 301550 12854 0375702245 9780375702242 86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237380178m/12854.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237380178s/12854.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12854.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English.

After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people.” Even before he reaches home he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation. Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this “positively beautiful man” on the people around him, leading to a final scene that is one of the most powerful in all of world literature.]]> 1869 3 3 false Sat Apr 05 12:37:05 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 10:42:56 -0700 2008 34135458 896799 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 5 3 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...]]> 33411265 802004 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 4 2 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...]]> 29859571 504424 107846 078612170X 9780786121700 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1206792155m/107846.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1206792155s/107846.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107846.The_Idiot 3.73 11 1869 2 2 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...]]> 29315660 1398424 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 4 1 false Tue Aug 05 09:52:51 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 12:43:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 23757473 1098237 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 4 1 false Thu Jun 05 06:44:19 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 13:03:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 46886705 1732314 6271980 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6271980.The_Idiot 3.40 5 1869 1 3 false Thu Feb 19 13:54:20 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 13:57:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6179798 369421 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 1 2 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
...more...]]> 43642601 1791572 525407 0375413928 9780375413926 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175538945m/525407.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175538945s/525407.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525407.The_Idiot 4.40 53
Just two years after completing Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky produced a second novel with a very different man at its center. In The Idiot, the saintly Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from a Swiss sanatorium 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. Extortion and scandal escalate to murder, as Dostoevsky’s “positively beautiful man” clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his innocence and moral idealism. The Idiot is both a powerful indictment of that society and a rich and gripping masterpiece.]]> 1869 4 1 false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 18:12:07 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 21:31:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 40032330 863443 12505 0679642420 9780679642428 389 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945m/12505.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503945s/12505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12505.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 4 0 false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 14:41:18 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 14:50:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 81611460 1827671 887014 0192834118 9780192834119 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179191018m/887014.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179191018s/887014.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/887014.The_Idiot 4.09 35 1869 5 0 false Sun Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 20 18:54:20 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 20 21:29:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 68960210 1229337 12854 0375702245 9780375702242 86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237380178m/12854.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237380178s/12854.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12854.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English.

After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people.” Even before he reaches home he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation. Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this “positively beautiful man” on the people around him, leading to a final scene that is one of the most powerful in all of world literature.]]> 1869 5 0 false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 09:44:38 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 09:59:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65055292 556887 887014 0192834118 9780192834119 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179191018m/887014.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179191018s/887014.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/887014.The_Idiot 4.08 7676 1869 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 17:03:05 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 17:10:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=226383