Book Review: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky | by Mrym. | Medium

Finally, after a long time, I completed The Idiot. The reason it took me a little longer to finish this novel is that the beginning does not captivate you from the very start like Dostoevsky’s other novels. However, it is worth it after some pages. The main theme of the book is the concept Dostoevsky has mentioned in his other works: “Beauty will save the world.” The story revolves around a prince named MYSHKIN, who is returning from Switzerland. On the train, he meets ROGOZHIN, an unstable man who inherited a large sum of fortune from his father. Myshkin is a clean-hearted, pious individual who speaks plainly about whatever he wants to say. He cannot even think of doing something bad to anyone and will forgive everyone. For that reason, people call him an idiot, thinking he does not know anything. The second person he meets is LEBEDEV, a minor clerk who knows everything about Petersburg’s important people. There is a love triangle between Myshkin, Nastasya, and Aglaya. NASTASYA is an

Finally, after a long time, I completed The Idiot. The reason it took me a little longer to finish this novel is that the beginning does not captivate you from the very start like Dostoevsky’s other novels. However, it is worth it after some pages. The main theme of the book is the concept Dostoevsky has mentioned in his other works: “Beauty will save the world.” The story revolves around a prince named MYSHKIN, who is returning from Switzerland. On the train, he meets ROGOZHIN, an unstable man who inherited a large sum of fortune from his father. Myshkin is a clean-hearted, pious individual w