# The Idiot

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- Book: [The Idiot](https://www.bookquiver.com/fyodor-m-dostoevsky/the-idiot) ([The Idiot.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/fyodor-m-dostoevsky/the-idiot.md))
- Authors: [Fyodor M. Dostoevsky](https://www.bookquiver.com/fyodor-m-dostoevsky)
- Publisher: bantam_classics
- ISBN: 978-05-5321-352-2
- Pages: 720
- Published: 1983-07-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“My intention is to portray a truly beautiful soul.” —Dostoevsky Despite the harsh circumstances besetting his own life—abject poverty, incessant gambling, the death of his youngest...