{"product_id":"the-idiot-a-bantam-classic","title":"The Idiot (A Bantam classic)","description":"\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy intention is to portray a truly beautiful soul.” —Dostoevsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Idiot,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e after completing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCrime and Punishment.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Idiot\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":43882693984513,"sku":"2EUQI6J7M-Used","price":150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/FyodorDostoevsky.jpg?v=1627227509","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/the-idiot-a-bantam-classic","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}