The Idiot - Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Résumé :
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 ? 1881) was a Russian novelist, essayist, short story writer, journalist, and philosopher. His literature examines human psychology during the turbulent social, spiritual and political atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and he is considered one of the greatest psychologists in world literature. Originally published as a serial in the journal ?The Russian Messenger? between 1868?9, ?The Idiot? tells the story of a young prince called Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin whose simple goodness is wrongly confused with a lack of intelligence by all he encounters. ?The Idiot? is considered one of Dostoevsky's four masterpieces written after his return from Siberian exile, together with ?Crime and Punishment? (1866), ?The Brothers Karamazov? (1880), and ?Demons? (1872). A prolific writer, Dostoevsky produced 11 novels, three novellas, 17 short stories and numerous other works. This volume is not to be missed by fans of Russian literature and lovers of Dostoevsky's seminal work. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Biographie:
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881) was a Russian novelist. Many scholars see Dostoyevsky as one of the greatest psychologists in literature. His works have had a big effect on twentieth-century fiction. Very often, he wrote about characters who live in poor conditions. Those characters are sometimes in extreme states of mind. They might show both a strange grasp of human psychology as well as good analyses of the political, social and spiritual states of Russia of Dostoevsky's time. Many of Dostoyevsky's best-known works are prophetic. He is sometimes considered to be a founder of existentialism, most frequently for Notes from Underground, which has been described as the best overture for existentialism ever written. He is also famous for writing The Brothers Karamazov, which many critics, such as Sigmund Freud, have said was one of the best novels ever written.

Sommaire:
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) est un romancier, nouvelliste, essayiste et philosophe russe dont les ?uvres litt?raires explorent la psychologie humaine dans le contexte de la Russie du XIXe si?cle. Ses ?uvres majeures, dont Crime et Ch?timent, Les Fr?res Karamazov et L'Idiot, abordent les th?mes de la moralit?, du libre arbitre, de la culpabilit? et de la r?demption. L'influence profonde de Dostoevsky sur la litt?rature et la philosophie existentielle fait de lui l'une des plus grandes figures litt?raires de tous les temps....