The idiot
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Published
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, [2008].
Physical Desc
xxviii, 658 pages : map ; 20 cm
Lexile measure
1040L
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Monticello-Union Twp PL - Monticello - NF LITERATURE | NF LIT DOSTOEVSKY | On Shelf |
| Shelby Co PL - Shelbyville Main Library - Fiction | F DOS | On Shelf |
| Whiting PL - Whiting - Adult department | FIC DOS | On Shelf |
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Published
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, [2008].
Format
Book
Language
English
Lexile measure
1040
Notes
General Note
First published as a World's classics paperback, 1992; reissued as an Oxford word's classics paperback, 1998; reissued 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references: p. [653]-658.
Description
"Into a compelling real portrait of nineteenth-century Russian society Dostoevsky introduces his ideal hero, the saintly Prince Myshkin. The tensions subsequently unleashed by the hero's innocence, truthfulness, and humility betray the inadequacy of his moral idealism and disclose the spiritual emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate him. Myshkin's mission ends in idiocy and darkness, but it is the world that is rotten, not he. The Idiot (1868), written under appalling personal circumstances when Dostoevsky was travelling in Europe, not only reveals the author's acute artistic sense and psychological insight, but also affords his most penetrating indictment of a Russia struggling to emulate contemporary Europe and sinking under the weight of Western materialism." --Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dostoyevsky, F., Myers, A., & Leatherbarrow, W. J. (2008). The idiot . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881, Alan. Myers and William J. Leatherbarrow. 2008. The Idiot. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881, Alan. Myers and William J. Leatherbarrow. The Idiot Oxford University Press, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Alan Myers, and William J Leatherbarrow. The Idiot Oxford University Press, 2008.
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