Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naïve epileptic Prince Myshkin— known as the “idiot”—pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General and his family. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he chances on a photograph of the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna. Utterly infatuated, he soon finds himself caught up in a love triangle and drawn into a web of blackmail, betrayal, and finally, murder. In Prince Myshkin, Dostoyevsky portrays the purity of “a truly beautiful soul” and explores the perils that innocence and goodness face in a corrupt world.
Written by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Published by: Random House, Inc.
Illustrated By: Boardman Robinson
Translated By: Constance Garnett
Printing Date: 1935
Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition:
In Acceptable to Good Condition for the age. The dust jacket has heavy wear along the edges and corners with rips, chips, creases. Book itself has moderate wear on the outside, mostly around corners. Binding is strong. The pages are in good condition, clean and crisp. Please see pictures for more info.
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