This study of natural goodness is Dostoevsky's most touching novel. Prince Myshkin, the last, poverty-stricken member of a once great family and regarded by many as an idiot, returns to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland in order to collect an inheritance. Before he has even arrived home he becomes involved with Rogozhin, a rich merchant's son whose obsession with the fascinating Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. But this is only the main thread of a rich and complex book in which a dazzling host of characters, from generals to street urchins, present the picture of an entire society on the verge of dissolution. A tragicomic masterpiece.
By:
Fyodor Dostoevsky Introduction by:
Richard Pevear Translated by:
Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear Imprint: Everyman Hardcovers Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 134mm,
Spine: 36mm
Weight: 711g ISBN:9781857152548 ISBN 10: 1857152549 Series:Everyman's Library CLASSICS Pages: 672 Publication Date:01 May 2002 Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Long-listed for Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 (UK)
Long-listed for Womens Prize for Fiction 2017 (UK)