The Idiot(III) 白癡(英文版)
TheIdiotisanovelbythe19th-centuryRussianauthorFyodorDostoevsky.ItwasfirstpublishedseriallyinthejournalTheRussianMessengerin1868–9.Thetitleisanironicreferencetotheheroofthenovel,Prince(Knyaz)LevNikolayevichMyshkin,ayoungmanwhosegoodness,open-heartedsimplicityandguilelessnessleadmanyofthemoreworldlycharactersheencounterstomistakenlyassumethathelacksintelligenceandinsight.Inthenovel,DostoevskydepictsPrinceMyshkinas"thepositivelygoodandbeautifulman."Howerver,returningtoRussiafromasanitariuminSwitzerland,theChrist-likeepilepticPrinceMyshkinfindshimselfenmeshedinatangleoflove,tornbetweentwowomen—thenotoriouskeptwomanNastasyaandthepureAglaia—bothinvolved,inturn,withthecorrupt,money-hungryGanya.Intheend,Myshkin'shonesty,goodness,andintegrityareshowntobeunequaltothemoralemptinessofthosearoundhim.Thenovelexaminestheconsequencesofplacingsuchauniqueindividualatthecentreoftheconflicts,desires,passionsandegoismofworldlysociety.
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