Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Year: 1868
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Fiction, Classic
Culture: Russia
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The Idiot is a novel written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in The Russian Messenger between 1868 and 1869. In it Dostoevsky hoped to portray the ideal of a man who wishes to sacrifice himself for others.
Prince Myshkin is a sort of Russian Christ who represents the values Dostoevsky deemed the highest and most noble: altruism, meekness, kindness, and brotherly love. As Dostoevsky saw sexual passion as inherently selfish, it is not surprising that Prince Myshkin is a completely asexual character. Though he develops romantic feelings toward Aglaya, he subordinates them to a higher ideal of pity and compassion that he expresses in his relationship with Nastassya Filippovna. Facing the "dark world" of corruption and moral decay that he meets in society, he inevitably perishes.
The Idiot, alongside some of Dostoevsky's other works, is often considered one of the most brilliant literary achievements of the "Golden Age" of Russian literature.
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