THE IDIOT
by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As new/fine
- ISBN 10
- 039460430X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394604305
- Seller
-
Columbia, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Fyodor Dostoyevsky set out to portray "a truly beautiful soul" colliding with the brutal reality of contemporary society. Returning to St. Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive Prince Myshkin—known as "the idiot"—pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General and his circle. But after becoming infatuated with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna, Myshkin finds himself caught up in a love triangle and drawn into a web of blackmail, betrayal, and, ultimately, murder. This new translation by David McDuff is sensitive to the shifting registers of the original Russian, capturing the nervous, elliptic flow of the narrative for a new generation of readers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1671
- Title
- THE IDIOT
- Author
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
- Illustrator
- Boardman Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As new
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039460430X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394604305
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Modern Library
Terms of Sale
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
About the Seller
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
About Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
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