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The idiot [sound recording] / Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781400149773
  • ISBN: 1400149770
  • ISBN: 9781400119776 (disc)
  • ISBN: 1400119774 (disc)
  • Physical Description: 21 sound discs (26 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Old Saybrook, CT] : Tantor Media, p2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact disc.
Unabridged.
Duration: 26:00:00.
"Includes ebook"--Cover.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Norman Dietz.
Summary, etc.:
In this literary classic, Fyodor Dostoevsky focuses on a nobleman whose gentle, childlike nature has earned him the nickname 'the idiot', and presents a superb, panoramic view of mid-nineteenth-century Russian manners, morals, and philosophy.
Subject: Nobility > Russia > Fiction.
Russia > Fiction.
Audiobooks.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main CD Fiction Dostoevsky 21 discs (Text) 31307019697541 Audiobooks Available -

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Syndetic Solutions - Summary for ISBN Number 9781400149773
The Idiot
The Idiot
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor; Dietz, Norman (Narrated by)
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Summary

The Idiot


Just two years after completing Crime and Punishment , which explored the mind of a murderer, Fyodor Dostoevsky produced another masterpiece: The Idiot . This time the author portrays a truly beautiful soul and one of Dostoevsky's greatest characters--Prince Muishkin, a saintly, Christ-like, yet deeply human figure. The story begins when Muishkin arrives on Russian soil after a stay in a Swiss sanatorium. Scorned by St. Petersburg society as an idiot for his generosity and innocence, the prince finds himself at the center of a struggle between a rich, kept woman and a beautiful, virtuous girl, who both hope to win his affection. Unfortunately, Muishkin's very goodness seems to bring disaster to everyone he meets. The shocking denouement tragically reveals how, in a world obsessed with money, power, and sexual conquest, a sanatorium is the only place for a saint. This version of The Idiot is the translation by Eva Martin.

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