The Idiot (1869) asks one of literature’s most searching questions: what happens when a truly good, Christ-like person enters the world as it actually is? Prince Myshkin, an epileptic nobleman returning to St. Petersburg after treatment abroad, is innocent, compassionate, and utterly unprepared for the machinations of Russian high society — with tragic consequences.
Dostoyevsky poured enormous ambition into this novel, and the result is a deeply human, heartbreaking work. Download the free EPUB to experience one of his most emotionally powerful achievements.