Arthur Luther Books

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's masterful translation of 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.

Dieser inzwischen klassisch zu nennende repräsentative Querschnitt durch das erzählerische Schaffen des russischen Dichters enthält die Geschichte »Der Landstreicher«, »Die alte Isergil«, »Malwa«, »Sechsundzwanzig und eine« und »Gewesene Leute«.

This Halcyon Classics eBook contains eleven works by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, including 'The Brothers Karamazov' and 'Crime and Punishment.' Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.Contents:Poor FolkThe Brothers KaramazovCrime and PunishmentThe GamblerThe IdiotNotes from the UndergroundThe PossessedThe CrocodileThe DoubleA Gentle SpiritA Raw YouthThis unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.