Idiot (selected Translations of Classics)
by H
About This Novel
"The Idiot" is one of the important works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the great Russian writer of the 19th century. The novel describes Nastasya, a beautiful woman from a noble family in the 1860s who has been ravaged by the landowner Totsky for many years. Later, Totsky was willing to pay a large sum of money to marry her to the despicable Ganya. At the heroine's birthday party, the young Duke Myshkin, who was regarded as an idiot by people, suddenly appeared and was willing to marry Nastasya unconditionally, which moved her deeply. On the day of her upcoming wedding to the Duke, although Nastasya loved the Duke deeply, she ran away with the playboy Rogozhin and was eventually killed by Rogozhin. The novel gives an extensive description of the Russian upper class after the serfdom reform, involving complex psychological and moral issues. The kind and tolerant Prince Myshkin is unable to influence or benefit those around him, a quixotic figure whose efforts are in vain.
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Official(2)Scraped 26d ago
I really like Dostoyevsky... But every time I say this name to my classmates, others laugh?????????... The characters in his works always make people think that their IQ and EQ are as high as the sky... I don't know if it is true that Russian people were so powerful at that time. Anyway, it is amazing from the perspective of the current people... If it is just a dramatic effect, then the writer himself is very amazing (he is indeed a genius, if he has Tolstoy's background, family, time, and time, he will not be inferior to him). His works are always profound, intense and ironic, and are soul-stirring to read.
I watched the Soviet version of the movie, and I think this translated version is the best. Prince Myshkin is really charming, and Nastasya also has a fighting spirit. The novel still continues the author's consistent sympathy for ordinary people and its sad ending, but compared to "Crime and Punishment", this book is still clearer.
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Official(2)Scraped 26d ago
I really like Dostoyevsky... But every time I say this name to my classmates, others laugh?????????... The characters in his works always make people think that their IQ and EQ are as high as the sky... I don't know if it is true that Russian people were so powerful at that time. Anyway, it is amazing from the perspective of the current people... If it is just a dramatic effect, then the writer himself is very amazing (he is indeed a genius, if he has Tolstoy's background, family, time, and time, he will not be inferior to him). His works are always profound, intense and ironic, and are soul-stirring to read.
I watched the Soviet version of the movie, and I think this translated version is the best. Prince Myshkin is really charming, and Nastasya also has a fighting spirit. The novel still continues the author's consistent sympathy for ordinary people and its sad ending, but compared to "Crime and Punishment", this book is still clearer.
