Nach einem Sanatoriumsaufenthalt kehrt der kindlich-naive und an Epilepsie leidende Fürst Myschkin nach Russland zurück. Sein demütiges und mitleidendes Wesen wirkt anziehend auf seine von Schmerz, Schuld und Bosheit geprägteUmgebung. Immer weiter verstrickt er sich in die Ränkespiele um die schöne Nastasja und seinen Rivalen Rogoschin.
The Idiot Dostoevskys Idiot, is one of the most famous novels by Fyodor Dostoevsky. After a five-year stay in a Swiss sanatorium, 26-year-old Prince Lev Myshkin returns to Russia one November morning to settle an inheritance matter in St. Petersburg following the death of a relative. Although his epilepsy has been successfully treated, his isolation has caused him to develop childishly naive behaviors and he is ridiculed by society as an "Idiot." The Idiot is rightly considered one of the greatest works of world literature. In his naive, unconventional way, the protagonist sees people in their personal and social tensions and contradictions and their resulting suffering. He fails in his efforts to help them and sinks back into his disease state of mental isolation. Dostoevksi the Idiot is a must for everyone's bookcase. A "Kultverlag Klassik" novel.