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Title: The Idiot

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Narrator: Constantine Gregory

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-17

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 42 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Prince Lyov Nikolayevitch Myshkin is one of the great characters in Russian literature. Is he a saint or just naïve? 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.

Members Reviews:

The Idiot

This was translated very well. The narrator was superb. The characters are very interesting. And it is my 2nd favorite Dostoyevsky.

Perplexing, but thought provoking

I can't say that I loved every minute of it, but after a few months I still think of some of the chapters. it is definitely an interesting novel.

Good but not his best

Having heard this, "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov" I'd say this was the least satisfying in terms of philo/theo logical content and less enjoyable in terms of depth of characters involved.

Constantine Gregory (the narrator) is, as always, great, although the quality of this particular recording was poor - reverby and glitchy.