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Book Description
From the award-winning translators of The Brothers Karamazov, a superb new translation of the novel in which Dostoevsky set out to portray "a truly beautiful soul."
In The Idiot, Prince Myshkin, a saintly man, is thrust into the heart of a society obsessed with wealth, power, and sexual conquest. He soon finds himself at the center of a violent love triangle in which a notorious woman and a beautiful young girl become rivals for his affections. Extortion, scandal, and murder follow, as Dostoevsky's "positively good man" clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his moral idealism.
This wonderfully fresh and faithful translation—never before published—is sure to become the definitive edition in English.
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- ISBN-10: 5050028078
- ISBN-13: 9785050028075
- Publisher: Raduga Publishers
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding and Others
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Alas, I did not read the Magarshack translation yet...