{"product_id":"the-idiot-fyodor-m-dostoevsky-9791043137600","title":"The Idiot","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed by the 20th-century Russian critic \u003cstrong\u003eMikhail Bakhtin\u003c\/strong\u003e for its \"polyphony\" (a literary concept introduced by Bakhtin to describe a plurality of voices within a \u003cem\u003enarrative\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/strong\u003e is regarded by modern critics as one of Dostoevsky's most experimental and artistically uneven novels.The novel follows the entrance of the epileptic \u003cstrong\u003ePrince Muishkin\u003c\/strong\u003e-a character Dostoevsky meant to represent a \"positively good and beautiful man\"-into a circle of Russian high society characterized by vanity, greed, and social ambition. Thanks to his epileptic condition and his simplicity, earnestness, and kindness of heart, Muishkin is frequently branded by his newfound social circle as the titular \"idiot\"; but in reality, he's a man of extraordinary sensitivity and insight. His arrival in society sets off a series of dramatic events and interpersonal strife centered around himself and his distant relations.\u003cstrong\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/strong\u003e drew upon many of Dostoevsky's significant personal experiences, such as his \u003cstrong\u003eRussian Orthodox\u003c\/strong\u003e faith, his experience of nearly being executed in \u003cstrong\u003e1849\u003c\/strong\u003e, and his own struggle with epilepsy, all of which inform his depiction of \u003cstrong\u003ePrince Muishkin\u003c\/strong\u003e's distinctive psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fyodor M. Dostoevsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9791043137600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.94d","brand":"Fyodor M. Dostoevsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659755892991,"sku":"9791043137600","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-idiot-fyodor-m-dostoevsky-9791043137600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}