Idiot

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky / Wang Weifang
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is one of the important works of the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky in the 19th century. The novel depicts a beautiful noblewoman, Natasha, born into a noble family, who is constantly tormented by the landlord Totsky in the 1860s. Later, Totsky is willing to pay a large sum of money to marry her to the shameless Ganja. On the night of the heroine's birthday ball, the young Duke Meshkin, who is considered a fool by the people, suddenly appears and proposes to marry Natasha without any conditions, which deeply moves her. On the day of the wedding with the Duke, although she deeply loves him, she still runs off with the playboy Rogozhin. Later, she is killed by Rogozhin. The novel provides a broad portrayal of Russian upper society after the abolition of serfdom and touches on complex psychological and moral issues. The kind and tolerant Duke Meshkin is unable to influence those around him or bring them prosperity, and the efforts of this Don Quixote-like character are in vain, indicating the author's disillusionment with the fantasy of saving the world through faith and love.