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Prince Lyov Nikolayevitch Myshkin is one of the great characters in Russian literature. Is he a saint or just na ve? Is he an idealist or, as many in General Epanchin's society feel, an 'idiot'? Certainly, his return to St. Petersburg after years in a Swiss clinic has a dramatic effect on the beautiful Aglaia, youngest of the Epanchin daughters, and on the charismatic but willful Nastasya Filippovna. As he paints a vivid picture of Russian society, Dostoyevsky shows how principles conflict with emotions - with tragic results.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. He died in 1881 having written some of the most celebrated works in the history of literature, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.

Constantine Gregory is an actor, dialogue coach, and voice actor. Constantine has more than thirty years' experience in all these capacities on international projects with many major film directors and stars, including Danny Boyle, Bernardo Bertolucci, Terry Gilliam, Neil Jordan, and Julie Taymor and with actors such as Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Nicole Kidman, George Clooney, Gerard Depardieu, Chiwetel Eijofor, Keanu Reeves, Eva Green, and many, many others. With Edmund Caldecott, Constantine runs the website Spoken Ink, dedicated to short audios for download, and for which he has recorded a number of short stories himself.