Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Idiot
The Idiot
The Idiot
Ebook866 pages14 hours

The Idiot

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The Idiot is a novel of innocence and iniquity, love and murder, by the nineteenth-century Russian author. After several years in a Swiss sanatorium, twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin returns to Russian society to collect his rightful inheritance. But he soon crosses paths with the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose desire for Nastasya Filippovna will set the three of them on a tragic course. As author Fyodor Dostoevsky traces the effect of Myshkin’s innocence on the people around him in St. Petersburg, the scandal escalates to murder.
“I think The Idiot to be a masterpiece—flawed, occasionally tedious or overwrought, like many masterpieces—but a fact of world literature just as important as the densely dramatic Brothers Karamazov or the brilliantly subtle and terrifying Devils. In those two novels, as in the simpler Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky had plots and political and religious ideas working together. In The Idiot, he is straining to grasp a story and a character converting themselves from Gothic to Saint’s Life on the Run. What makes the greatness is double—the character of the prince, and a powerful series of confrontations with death. The true subject of The Idiot is the imminence and immanence of death.”
—A.S. Byatt, The Guardian
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGeneral Press
Release dateAug 5, 2023
ISBN9789354998720
Author

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. He died in 1881 having written some of the most celebrated works in the history of literature, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.

Read more from Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Related to The Idiot

Related ebooks

Political Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Idiot

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    G{%k-wyB2eo~]v^q8zZ_I>/įϿ?x~i?W˩a_ʹUmo^jw/hՏצ쏼ڏ4oUm皷X7ZsUXN~ .Wpj>7nğc3޷qڅCgwhSu=ݥf{{}exQR۟yn]S-vK}'uc5` phު+׳Kv47Xs|\s3m-Oӂ'_۷n65EK[[S㮳˥%>6mu~S7XvRRAaӽS;^_w˹^Zol}yS݋\ڊ 2?z]Ʒl[iz}~hGG{T﫹kjn\W}m(穱=Mvj;ekb4>6C3՝c<կI22ņc5^7i~<ٷ!;m .ocsoa;{?gvh]m3TTy'{=/`٦{w(,^}j6,Xgmb{3_B^G[F[zX6 oś_/viU{6Re e6]EfTi9m%nIluIMKv^qn^I Ymtȶ]msw:n';vlIm3IoliqnxKu~`RVi^lf~)QUמ]ئrq>$10RL]ܸ, {Ds:gnwٓO=φg}G='ygOv8BԡVɞ1ۖ6&צN`'v`2>A(OWS aeseǮ}ε6.JG*z;&=Ժ-ἛڭɮK_۽ іy>CNfyǗxOIpm~i v TZ=ɮHpus=jS;k4D68гɗc{tINڄGkpl?mG\8w8s˧9cq(&3G&1oh/[V**w۵G)b<4.M~n׋mAx%*K;5 f* 9=*^pWbom0WcFi6{0Trwagv_r}kWd37 g_dK44x3[;cW%GM6^^a`vGݩg@Ī]ДQ-؎r*vV7Wu/< #M Hh멳g\ݥqG-,^”ƞwgzf]f<|ohbK15=rښXRXOʝ0TDSvIzohOKfzKk"ZP@h1 {~Cv |׊uCxOM5Kfļ5 P vؿ)kw9〹̗g>q{&\CF܎u ұ6 %2|d Lf!ks]mxN1onǤ;-'Sq~\e7F Yx4c.`r&{S]!x0qb&׶~/]nKݯUƞ޷ ͚$,e?ڊ^HJ]2u2/ճ] qB%J#;Sdгv-I-Ξ \}yOz:2{o]a`w {^2#.uf{5/]" \ + Y3*(V. f=D O&PX& ϶1a{S;)-< 1|Novs6\}8VG_sw ]՞\( p&=EF8Q߰u9>h<+#*H:];.O5{݄? _UD}nBnӼz/Ѝb`vaDWƼRx|3 R{??y/ej*Ft%h(`R|;z.$~jA>p(鈿[I+Ԛ] >\!hIQ={3Vوpڷfg/uWGhޖt,'|Oήn{ Ran3&G*Ynj,$6/yӺ)*5Aewz|rh?F(n,'hY[cBOM؂۝INmԸ~CJcA^Eas;r9jK4 wî=쭟͟vAw߁~Pb Uabe1/co]\L_iG҅ ykr![3gd`K'5_M\HS4xHPzop5XzD2ny\L{LׯKA $oϻo)ypaMdG3de?boQIɯga<e5Ggʫf;~-9HyIYu m >v!7!-|%<.uo=nymG30%vʜ~6k 쭱>sX~[C3T%EON,MnB1ZS`Ƽi>h!x[͵нjٗy1Eya(ʄ;5L ]G^Q013"}}v=eqre"ZB9hMI<3{pl ݛz߷KvS .]v6cROrihoiKJ^85Cedϫ_E\IT\}BE")vD[19b~†*`GJ\m$ EC%uY0 P$)hPXg#I&9#_uO0Z GwcUifҸFѾ]7{P\aI@߭VHyxE23tIG"]6s[aO':Ș70<)+I1nEZD0a mk1|<.tJf?U+$e*/9fBBLTZ뭙gP 3DbQ nŴjU{ lGcrzDSIEH4l( fǙRJCSΓ c٢4DݣbyʽKwlr 욨UPdR].]V>'t56s礎\t`(RR~fT&XȭY" Ȋx=d_=Qv#.3wpRpeCކeG(?)bysOϻ )]nӃxﺜ~ԧ| s5 >askP2j"CW)Y]\= wPd-[XspqBoHw!8=2&yj"pk-|P9ʛu3Y{͘E9`R|Qg^ҡf>4_Q$3IL0?N`nA HaG'7 /Y4`7iwnI_\3QfJˤȡ9Lp3L_D_sp)S"w?- ̨##FUY~LnMnl2`{ER|rzH1u:7q=Bk'$jiC/ܧϞ%V?DI٦o;#ϸ1}jO?a\)DQ@K<9deԘ^P^Lu5]-7QN#)cKn{=9 3#\(`1_U5?#įAڟ]2y#ЫQ2JdF[NKw}*z%Fn*aܞ$}Y7pfC\[W)y.ΘFQ)|Y*PJv-]sV=PC>J4bSC_Ouw}-ͫsZ~?$(kHg=׾ Цc )L35ZZ$Y2eR.)QnL@5"s{\n~즟 q\)ZR dx|4Ms)1{ݲ/"yyjZ?`&{I&a&\N;MvWidJܢ<gÇSʴ428pt'nMڏr}^tneqf9V~5YJqtmr4+)ZpEOEh$3nj܄bBKg/XB͏mf)HD0 g%HIpD<,ӛHG.9G=ToKXqLqPH/WW-{zxq/T ^VmwsNZa)9LӕeHvu n骈Q=3PE4ҭsO>[322WcUղJL PpF\zKrEH ,I΅[yQp}#0^(Y-@.dz/W2\f }`veRӞ)oFj|aL(޻Z S&F[l0㟑`^7(t:ׇf~|;ab\8]<})!bchTZְ{xNYidDV{/p;r`-N=2]6jv7 {ȧ*W벋br1TTXiI$hZ mƬV %cK-90_T=K<5wgG;3x<7CmsIQ4WAƩ,qHgODUxugٕL)?,W*p7v,pûvxPXLi ,~Ƀ}[^Eۭ)?ߊIZXZveb"}@{ t ҕ1MnC{|v9J ro.r L%roї2Oq" p o--;xi>){hCx:?p +}Za;-\(wnN̫qC0s"T6=^r ~)?aVH?P1^lK~k~p=۞}g[{_B]ٗ)bXAOwQ\ӻl)l$Q =rgƐoAw|/-p+rp1$jtgS}{ɯPdwgćHB,E?^<]+8Oe#1-42+ԉë2#U,:9 d-!_%}뽔9]/ߣYZHz@?7fT O7//,9Z+h'lԸ&,^G ;}ZEǽx꩞Oqp^jkZ#K/rRan7ğ!4N:XtS׵]6v#A&dsň¾w+AQCt8?Q Sӭk1.P }6J4soV;DgC9?dwɄHiR-jޑL).^bL`., ?δ>7iZakrTևWBPh䉠5*D*YjNAMmPknSoǔ[`[ ;g*/fCT\ӿsyb 0CKo!Iڙ )7h#REB IDH9F|k_M'ndL!>V @.{s}g2QSL]wq,;jݼh!*`9:ycԺV}旫ŀcURhԔfL65N."K0ux>G/c3 i*/Mc ^v,"M(>G 6f"M j{rsk]OHiKQ7 =eA "8-OU|XjN3ؔ{(Tb%aFvF1Sk{(hbLZ[=,׏lP>m(wv}eTdkA6zSv"Œ}V䠨bi.*JH1SD텒|űX>3lV+@U1"(WLO-# C@*U;&f,w 3zCm(hYG;?/$S(D;yf_ic1|z ߬,qQ~9Z'd8^M* %癧8L>snv4YTC|̮ݢ3 }Km ?nd7Fodutg)Q_,Hsy=SmliT \͋^{jH=Y\ =-B7@Uh6Gf+*zelҗ%ͫ4od^3/(}P y\>TKmWfMO[ŇWB#,@˾5$g׷@\+Z팔!Pm֭tt{mK\&3;U`0AKen]Zra49wS}NЛT,R:xvnC#Ugۦ tNI&Ja=bЊy8{PTӄ VU5l03dr?29A7ӥ?g ޷k1Pn'(@Ku6%3yىzKq&'z}*M%׽RXź]Y%4@ha_$67Y#{wX5لHہ}%9&p&YѿN]30ِ{Blm $YӢ~pl;Gؠrv$n¥#`EYy)c'8Uш&yB]Usx7y[easr`Efj]j$ _ed/utM 1݊lI4 Q1~/C`ӆɉuM[Y̊ԉΟ7z qO*"RCU.^m Z~]Z'{'S 45aOճI7O5NFkYA{Ic{<"p9;߮7yF&ݚi^"@@p3o"Y-;y s8l퀝!&4m]Bt8IM|3T':'0<-"ݙϧ 0eW~=cUT#4T^-yq6@a-ʻ[ܪ7J~W:yyao* &ZNt*O=^ReMQNB3*u<=Ys_V< 7n=7 ;nc4ì&Fm\@yo<\HyeHa$ld69EDB7&ڋ>c /sQgcXԧhvJ\0bCs>w#K|u|Pu7$8*~0H6˟NuT}SG܍KNބտ>%Wy'J# wn7UJ\{e)H|:fF˪%(Z6^Ste>2';䩲7KwSNZH21++T#^*ý=\G(B:"\:K8 W%l30U>q&3=,;Ej%鸛D]if^Wsס֏Ւ4D&% :#Ʀ]^ό^/Y^,7`čXj,?@ d;ګSd7pP_9ˉR(xrAZDT/i#?B:ϰ)7mHD˃j{4#,c?BʏFO3z ~TxQ}+ R3}Ś\ lGdsb@:(>J&&wx麨{#jOI]\WcY4ID]L$ c -DzjNȸLac@ܶ.v7z%Aá~]!ߐwms4I칰Gr:i،6r&r6lp?j/ǘwD?u+-:Sr7:xP:怀nOs^.(!:YA+1zjP@ 5 ,{yP}~^1XzRDmFFVD]7'rSDZcLȳZC5/EgySFI sR^캃AL{92m-2efHfUbQMpph3W4Flqr %x%h?|\qQ;8dLГq''ʅ 8qd#nܕ;VC8]XЈD6]P'yֲِ;Ut+_^USs`]v̆:vrNݡn;mF6%x4?$LPPO7k^޵#79\^YHZ.%Ot.OQN2,:1,'N!vk% Zֻ >pJ3rv*;}P2h'.H\iF wiH\\=;GƖtQS؂;l|m!c8 cAH%jeAHƫ&64:B*L,v1Xq`9Aᜭ ƩAwtK4Bɗ }l2HƂwhȕ`:v' 1{1!XC . T906r'T9=@)Y N` |06X=QKg9pZ>#l &d}chdսcꄁmsB BF]rp^\)o YJM'~ۧÈLgBI5< Nœ&y1=p?yߎR<$b~X՛ MN\No`ا̈5a=( 8,~Bqd[N g,,h&jIiBH9Ah#Sɸ23nv;I9jW0\'h:<5ȬXOb܉W/]%7i2EGUeu#g$]H!W4 uA62q 1@w y>p휹7-J)iDu#3\Az{5~/ԜENٔ'w;*;<=,eyR|鷶<';D7Ҙ4lSsԑҔA{pE@A! #sT/y.}nN)+y0j[֖vR_?tx4`as_V9m{o7/Jy#V* Rɟ{gd l8+H&s4TQ4hQ;\IgtF ttڠ}C0) n/It;Vj%r5.mŀDg0N5ЦPC A"#v.rt!.&$ FTj &:`fDIHPX+Bm (#15{mʟ-;/f:z{6{H0ÝxK)Xy 1H ^ ˚q#w(<; s|./k;1}M 5PPzvD̂j3i%zP]UvL 6Uʃ/AÜZgi%AMx^{Faٷ59hN+2iJ]U I* $OK ě^F曦d%0984,[W;vY@ĸB:A>TD8,"-TJפ9^EyTCnMX wM<o3On"5C!X{*gJ%0PP(Du*~U1HiJjIJcRU!иiEL#EcGJSa*(V U*MXlt!lAtrP+:k3WyW_%!,| Xl83k"5&KT3{r ^d@g=,b$ TΌferVNT^BJd5[A\tp:i$?+@ߒe#mq>fܾ Fvڝk>ju˖P5S 3ڳM-BzZ=jO)$I-ԲhK 2bu5=Luj _%]Di.amg 8k,kSA}d8FJ#zͻ$ r x;M0"l !؜K]'p6 {酈 L(PƃNS&oVP^yCUU.{qq@oJ5ͭ%ѩ8oFQ{r⽕34fW'Fn>{howG11⧛ǻq HB[xkKz4Hk$ bj*LsGoC}s& eF[bHB)s9bC58OmKK[Ӹӄav2s id#YRە#j ^nSvj{Ԇ:xQTZqϙ {'7y;'X"MȖ'@_T;R3Ç)Pm)m=8p+g`_Sv<8!+=1~n gGWaA#2Ofc/>Ӏj/a9.cT{/$%M̵w*#E\^L0>f( ˚0t¡=`"2&wjs(&JY1djX:%*ΩIx5I e(R* ?} Z`ḝ%i!{LD6lL_̻ˠgXzZȘMYB[p-s4OjۊM'XQg%ME My8 , #zJ)O֩}ZBsᣁ#efJrHzx%̹@\p53q?*%ѐ䃜26O'Kؗ {5p 2nUPz|W+^xDDZrxp"ZǩE|z|뜓Ŝi]MX ucWg'KX氟iK|ӔG0wcuj=VJN)('b@kDs{SkI5֝Bd:;# +@QTI;wqvn(SW/vQ~SǮL?4yrTbg_ ;T0P9:h/,oAgU$pX$E5jnU@P_OErG3CL(A )3G`G.='Hԩ%A#;^JD I _|$zgǽ:pwA0vbs[ ~fLۼ!HUR`J#9rSN>\qEH燺s(Ω5Emt9xW٧K2ۙ1@5wuwX3x`@ш\igu = A8/nп?D0[)U +7P鿚@_#lK#}LTc-( ;j2/er<>ci2WO.h|%;ljirtVg-5E1kb/T<7\LaX4V|7T|ti7#{/q'V.f`i;O { _=|t HibGb&Rhݒ`j-də3c\'NэiEhaz"rmL13)f|H~e(TV}R6 yli lTdq͘ƣhE\5DG}>/Ub1\3D`;&Mr'X==].B0al<&]LA "gp\jȳyWL;5dNP 7m4ӭkC5gnfh)>sXs\u_[\~5IF%_Cw!8a0]l ą>uycaM8aCE颳CܓK!M)_$W^;L84o2q/T͙\j{H~>"mZ A~擵,0d (Ro<ЁXϷE2Mif^qH$Ȅ"`ipu6vEXcNz q_(]}5_%0 #y<vמS!*m#Th]sc[?]fÐ䃡=NMʹ*&/iO{y~ȩQ ]uF쨃rr~oVp#eA~9mDZ8 krb_6T*Tc-}LӮI%^(9do t݅T*V${}paUe Oꭐjq\0~df6*FCHʚOqhkhj3 9oz^x (xT\}Tx` ,-puHXՌ͟A ~;`hfom5oRk ԧ:sم?VN鹇+tB̟g#.#`vIlXb"uփ":}+4.* x{\]Xqn fÖƦfS3V;[)> ЄvևeinaGѾ#K3u F?V_ݺ8sՊ׷eF5GoZ 1_:鲊nc^vqaZ%3m.b%qFh*")DK4H\5!';ˮ6TKAWH3'_-↑Xa4>IărVƚP%lM4C۵A|Z $֟ꡭIsNw]_kM/+Lbu]ѱ+ߙI$QLtjH9m@e|Qc9k'!%cK_ăZ _sdA}<V{9ӏr%P.z|Ep*vE]dV‚>fLJ)TFȬP1!/>'Dݞ7Әq܏XǕnTe9q*`/|Z1H|߼󯼯'Nmխc-O\VصxzC<y4cUllV^SMgDR_ :v{& TRF(7LݮgD8I1\=tæ+6_9LVt RLZN;][n<0Y7 /9IBgA[4nk4t"{>{j3p*7 蚐״-E Y,YAט@^doSӴWnk_@(oTm,/)BzsɝCgx\]9VKXxmA݂uM6g~ScK<]rc̹)wUhGV?YEɽr3HDhQӨJ]B{@zb5j`;⡌Bc_b$;5L!8Tq8lF-j;V4Ƨ`SrƟw<=Ľ`á( +>ei$s0oD5L(dz/p6X+[aˋ̪:>;X^ :栩Udqgp7ه,؀)Q927]vdTH d71Y@O:tbډWƗݛ'Wr>8Ji0, UBg5_@~p$O<^!m=avJ|}Ψ8`ކlD ZQ6IPlL"^i ,{ѕpNq2D4Zw3-/0cQ㻡->[ʭEDVH̅RۥW~N)K`H}FmsPkd\19ɑJYʢtF8;ft=hl ]vhTŕW7Fz44T| E\SkKm %&[BiHڤR;9{SpX,p&Ym];見n-*F.]"!DiILjRk~ɤ4%j* Pq|Hzm"]1SNX:ˇWhQ9`bPϫ~uϑΧKmjrJ%!3A2֪Aʫ'3M3ZFf QgdN3XOl4,\)]Қ.^Gb]I!h9!ɿ}!3-sm.lՁ~w$5aT^S2u((wfK*'0Wj6&,Hh4M{j,]Cmd<lQ^?[nw^єw6dAԑ)L4\Nh8(EA\ vJ"[v'pt9lI=hgۦ) DK'I)pxm4,ImS#t[WEƒKdBh03~n *v\3˲pZz|p摒u6O[ZՌ):v+rLRt(gQ7WuceF2fl]9Vƭi)Y 1/C$*UOűfo~7S_}+Qu-^\ Ḇ>+R!8๔Wв&ɏN{!2yKx $re,/4[B .Jcg=W{YJI|߁1twDGDlΓsLx`9VØ1 없ŷBFQĕ+Zs{hIa :B)9Wnoةo[ RsM٨*yIEgk<S$|:ҽOx#7+ AzXMTTfu=Չuz\|8ʨ=޸aG 0R\Ƒ֪Oÿn34Me#+CfUG8!)N9,'sgHD^w RR3ڮ 9ZmUQ((M亠4B\M vĠ.h)YJWSۍxoʓ7@*4n? SgPN[M4K>Ryc YV}߃hNLK54Vye4͌K #txv202 Avoެ,D۝tB(cߪlB~S({T[bp|N7٩(Ύ@s8H]i)Q;Sوp H0ʌOv@t4D\ H%GmbQO|vNS=ѹbln~u^|].|.>mn %-'; "nَvT4:Ok3;l4]<2H]k1j/N< 0sƺ5p>fL-864![5ƾŦ~UOM+VM׏7f%s]b[6 i}yƿf]Yw\XIah:*(K0Ԝ휞geEid7ޔu#ݼUdu:5$/ v%Z4MF&+4%|.3ȫiE#f4= >,)8o6yr=6n.FrVcYq)T>8* fygխ֥ʟ)kqI3;vA_ 9<6 W[4 *%Q)7S{3y5sYх=bk3HTVo( >fSt%sR$ɰy%idjSN P9EN!bg]}U1_caԂb3$NYH}eR1yq(,|FŊ_$f;&X7>YproՇQ9H]~P,&8Acw䋉L|[2ZTI,k׮V.sspM!-xyz(x9Fwڼ[,!7Np_>ܗX2ygI8:L*Q">
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1