{"product_id":"the-idiot-1","title":"The Idiot","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"textMedium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_contributor  title_Author accFont\" title=\"Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (Translated by), Anne Hruska (Introduction by)\"\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (Translated by), Anne Hruska (Introduction by)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBACKLIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"This title may not be sold to consumers before the stated date.\"\u003eOn Sale Date: July 1, 1983\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pve_format\"\u003eMass Market\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_categories\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"categories collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFiction \/ Classics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"textMedium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e720 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e16.8 cm H | 10.7 cm W | 3 cm T | 334.8 g Wt\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e“My intention is to portray a truly beautiful soul.” —Dostoevsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite the harsh circumstances besetting his own life—abject poverty, incessant gambling, the death of his youngest child—Dostoevsky produced a second masterpiece, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Idiot,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e after completing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCrime and Punishment.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In it, a saintly man, Prince Myshkin, is thrust into the heart of a society more concerned with wealth, power, and sexual conquest than with the ideals of Christianity. Myshkin soon finds himself at the center of a violent love triangle in which a notorious woman and a beautiful young girl become rivals for his affections.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExtortion, scandal, and murder follow, testing Myshkin’s moral feelings, as Dostoevsky searches through the wreckage left by human misery to find “man in man.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a quintessentially Russian novel, one that penetrates the complex psyche of the Russian people. “They call me a psychologist,” wrote Dostoevsky. “That is not true. I’m only a realist in the higher sense; that is, I portray all the depths of the human soul.”\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bantam Classics","offers":[{"title":"Mass Market","offer_id":50304987496745,"sku":"9780553213522","price":145.95,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9420\/7529\/files\/9780553213522_05aba.jpg?v=1746637682","url":"https:\/\/www.bookup.com.mx\/products\/the-idiot-1","provider":"BOOKUPMX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}