The Idiot — Fyodor Dostoevsky

The idiot is a novel by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, first published in 1868. Genre is Russian classics. He is one of the most beloved works of the writer, most fully expressed both the moral and philosophical position of Dostoevsky, and his artistic principles in the 1860s.

The idea of ​​the Idiot was considered by the writer during his stay abroad. F.M. Dostoevsky began to write the novel The Idiot in 1867. A novel was completed in Italy, completed in Florence. Initially, he was devoted to the favorite niece of the writer SA Ivanova. There are three notebooks with preparatory materials for the novel (first published in 1931). Neither rough nor white manuscripts of the novel Idiot F.M. Dostoevsky did not reach us. Russian classics.

The main character of the Idiot is Prince Myshkin. The action of the first part takes place during one day, on November 27. 26-year-old prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin comes back from a sanatorium in Switzerland.

Dostoevsky's books are a treasure of Russian classical literature.