The Idiot
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| Title: | The Idiot |
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| Description: | A Russian prince returns to Saint Petersburg after a long absence in Switzerland, where he was undergoing treatment for epilepsy. On the train he meets and befriends a man of low origins. This man becomes the dark counterpart of the inherently good prince; the two can also be seen as Christ- and devil-like figures. Dostoevsky wished to portray an unspoiled man, whose goodness is plunged into the chaos of Saint Petersberg society and a passionate contest for the disreputable Nastasya. |
| Authors: | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Martin, Eva |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction, Good and evil--Fiction, Princes--Russia--Fiction |
| Categories: | FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Literary |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | A Russian prince returns to Saint Petersburg after a long absence in Switzerland, where he was undergoing treatment for epilepsy. On the train he meets and befriends a man of low origins. This man becomes the dark counterpart of the inherently good prince; the two can also be seen as Christ- and devil-like figures. Dostoevsky wished to portray an unspoiled man, whose goodness is plunged into the chaos of Saint Petersberg society and a passionate contest for the disreputable Nastasya. |
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| ISBN: | 9781877527920 9781775565949 |
