The Idiot
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Includes pictures and an extensive section on Dostoevsky’s life and works,,After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arrives in St. Petersburg and is at once confronted with the stark realities of life in the Russian capital—from greed, murder, and nihilism to passion, van….Read More
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