The Christlike Prince Myshkin, pure and guileless, returns to a cynical Russian society that mistakes his goodness for idiocy and ultimately destroys it. Dostoevsky's tragic novel asks whether a truly good man can survive in the modern world.
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1869 · Book · Public Domain
The Christlike Prince Myshkin, pure and guileless, returns to a cynical Russian society that mistakes his goodness for idiocy and ultimately destroys it. Dostoevsky's tragic novel asks whether a truly good man can survive in the modern world.