L'Idiot

Prince Muishkin arrives in St Petersburg. Idiot of birth because he cannot be taken for granted, he is infinitely good. Projected into a greedy, arrivist and passionate world, he illuminates it with his gaze. By his generosity, such as Christ, Léon Nicolayevich will reveal the best buried in each. The too beautiful Anastasia, bought a hundred thousand rubles, regains purity, Gania Yvolguine the sense of honor, and the bloody Rogojine tastes, for a moment, fraternity. Dostoevski wanted to represent the positive good man. But what can he face the vices of society, facing passion? A wonderfully composed story, rich in extraordinary bounces, The Idiot is in the image of Holy Russia, vibrating and demeshed. Political manifesto and creed of the author, his work has been and will remain a flagship book, for his hero is the man who is well-off but harassed by evil.