| The Idiot Contributor(s): Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich (Author) |
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ISBN: 1613821506 ISBN-13: 9781613821503 Publisher: Simon & Brown OUR PRICE: $23.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1040 |
| Physical Information: 1.74" H x 6" W x 9" (2.50 lbs) 788 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 69663 Reading Level: 10.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 56.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Idiot (1868), written under the appalling personal circumstances Dostoevsky endured while travelling in Europe, not only reveals the author's acute artistic sense and penetrating psychological insight, but also affords his most powerful indictment of a Russia struggling to emulate contemporary Europe while sinking under the weight of Western materialism. It is the portrait of nineteenth-century Russian society in which a "positively good man" clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his moral idealism. Meticulously faithful to the original, this new translation includes explanatory notes and a critical introduction by W.J. Leatherbarrow. |