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The Notebooks for the Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Edward Wasiolek; Katherine Strelsky is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Notebooks for the Idiot about?

"This is an invaluable aid to the understanding not only of the finished work of art, but also of Dostoyevsky's strangely tortured yet confident creative process." Modern Fiction Studies. "Superbly edited by Edward Wasiolek and well translated (despite difficult problems of rendering) by Katharine Strelsky." The New York Times Book Review. The central idea of The Idiot, according to its author, was "to depict a completely beautiful human being." More prosaically, the novel was intended to shore up Dostoyevsky's professional and financial state. The portrait of Prince Myshkin, a holy fool, was created in desperation amidst the squalid poverty engendered by the Russian writer's compulsive gambling. Dostoyevsky's entire future depended on the success of his next novel, which began as one story and ended as quite another. After publishing the first part of The Idiot in The Russian Messenger, Dostoyevsky had no idea how to continue the story. The second part, in fact,is a quitedifferent novel. The author's notebooks reveal at least eight plans for the tale, with numerous variations on each plan. A unique document of the creative process, this volume is illustrated by facsimile

Who reads The Notebooks for the Idiot?

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky; Edward Wasiolek; Katherine Strelsky

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226159621

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

4.36 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13