The Idiot
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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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The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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This is a rare, first edition copy of "THE IDIOT" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1913 1st American edition, 1st printing; The Macmillan Company; New York. Constance Garnett translation. Gilt top page edges.
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The Idiot (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Idiot
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Just two years after completing Crime and Punishment, which explored the mind of a murderer, Dostoevsky produced another masterpiece, The Idiot. This time the author portrays a truly beautiful soul—a character he found difficult to bring to life because, as he wrote, "beauty is the ideal, and neither my country, nor civilized Europe, know what that ideal of beauty is."… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Idiot (Everyman's Library
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Everyman's Library. Name address and date on the front free end paper. Dust jacket is covered with mylar jacket protector. . Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Printing. 2002. Item Price
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The Idiot (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
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Idiot
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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Modern Library, 1983-01-01. Hardcover. Clean & Unmarked/Very Good. 9x6x1. Red remainder stripe on top edge & light wear along bottom edges. Previous owners initials neatly in ink on half title page. Otherwise a very nice, clean & straight example of the Stephen Alcorn wood-cut. . Unclipped dust-jacket has only slight age wear. 586 pp. Item Price
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Published by Wordsworth ,1996. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . Item Price
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The Idiot: New Translation
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor; Avsey, Ignat
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The Idiot: A Novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Annotated)
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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The Idiot
by DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor; translated by Constance Garnett
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London: William Heinemann, 1913. Second printing. Hardcover. Good-. Octavo, 620pp. Second printing of the second English language edition (following Vizetelly in 1887). A good copy at best in the publisher's red cloth. The bottom edge is untrimmed (deckled), and has some attendant waviness, but there is zero evidence of moisture. Rear inner hinge thinly cracked, some soiling/staining to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Idiot (Oxford World's Classics)
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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THE IDIOT
by Dostoevsky, FYODOR
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MACMILLAN, 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Macmillan first published the Constance Garnett translation in . FIRST EDITION THIRD PRINTING.. Item Price
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by Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Dostoyevsky)
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First Folio Society edition, first impression. Featuring the translation by David Magarshack and illustrations by Charles Keeping.
Original pictorial boards. A touch of rubbing to spine, else near fine in a very good slipcase with some rubbing and a few superficial and inconspicuous splits to edges.
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The Idiot (Oxford World's Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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'The main idea of the novel is to depict the positively good man. There is nothing more difficult than this in the world, especially nowadays'.
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Into a compelling real portrait of 19th century Russian society, Dostoevsky introduces his ideal hero, the saintly Prince Myshkin. Item Price
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The Idiot
by DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR
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London: William Heinemann, 1913. Cloth. VG. 8vo. First edition thus. Red cloth with spine rebacked. 1st of the Constance Garnett translation. It was originally done in English in 1887. Still an uncommon book. Clean interiors. Item Price
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The Idiot (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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The Idiot (Oxford World's Classics)
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The Idiot (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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The Idiot
by DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor
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- 1956
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The Limited Editions Club. A lovely, crisp, clean hardcover in very good condition, small light stain to spine near head. No DJ, as issued. Includes slipcase in good condition with wear to paper at corners. No. 292/1500 limited edition copies signed by the illustrator. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1956. Item Price
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