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The Idiot

(Penguin Classics)

By David Magarshack, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky

(70)

| Paperback | 9780140440546

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Book Description

From award-winning translators, a masterful new translation–never before published–of the novel in which Fyodor Dostoevsky set out to portray a truly beautiful soul.

Just two years after completing Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky produced a second novel with a very differeContinue

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'Only beauty can save the world'

Such a unique experience deserves attention, and devotion.

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Turpentine said on May 18, 2011 about the Audio Cassette edition | Add your feedback

Although this is not one of Fyodor M. Dostoevsky's most famous books, it is certainly an excellent read. The beginning, is as always, quite slow, but the characters have distinct and complicated personalities. I really enjoyed this book.

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Monosora said on Jun 12, 2010 | Add your feedback

Great.. more than I expected. As for all the Russian books at the beginning you'd better jot down the different names if you don't have a good memory for names.

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Barbara ABP said on Aug 13, 2008 | Add your feedback