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The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Idiot about?
Kindle devices and apps. Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindle’s library.246,975 words (14 hours 59 minutes) with a reading ease of 72.16 (fairly easy)Translated by Eva M. Martin.Acclaimed by the 20th-century Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin for its “polyphony” (a literary concept introduced by Bakhtin to describe a plurality of voices within a narrative), The Idiot is regarded by modern critics as one of Dostoevsky’s most experimental and artistically uneven novels.The novel follows the entrance of the epileptic Prince Muishkin—a character Dostoevsky meant to represent a “positively good and beautiful man”—into a circle of Russian high society characterized by vanity, greed, and social ambition. Thanks to his epileptic condition and his simplicity, earnestness, and kindness of heart, Muishkin is frequently branded by his newfound social circle as the titular “idiot”; but in reality, he’s a man of extraordinary sensitivity and insight. His arrival in society sets off a series of dramatic events and interpersonal strife centered around himself and his distant relations.The Idiot drew upon many of Dostoevsky’s significant personal experiences, such as
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Publisher
- Standard Ebooks
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical
- Rating
- 4.18 / 5 (677 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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