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The Idiot

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    Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot is a historical fiction novel.

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    About The Idiot

    "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a novel published serially in 1868–1869. It follows Prince Myshkin, a young nobleman whose Christian goodness and innocence lead worldly society to mistake him for simple-minded. Dostoevsky sets his "positively good and beautiful man" against the passions, desires, and egoism of contemporary Russian life, testing whether true Christian love can survive in a corrupt world. The result is a deeply personal work exploring profound moral and spiritual questions.
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    • Historical fiction
    • Russia, Social conditions, 1801-1917

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    The Idiot was written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

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    It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction.

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