A profound exploration of innocence in a corrupt world, Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot is a masterpiece of psychological depth and philosophical brilliance.

Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to Russia after years spent in a Swiss sanatorium. Naively good, empathetic, and guileless, he is immediately plunged into the heart of a St. Petersburg society obsessed with money, power, and status. To the cynical, manipulative, and self-interested people he encounters—including the beautiful, tortured Nastasya Filippovna and the volatile Parfyon Rogozhin—the Prince's unwavering honesty and lack of worldly vice seem to be the traits of an "idiot."

Yet, his very presence acts as a catalyst, exposing the hidden passions, greed, and spiritual bankruptcy of those around him. As he is torn between competing loves and drawn into a web of intrigue, the question arises: In a world consumed by darkness, can pure goodness survive, or is it inevitably destroyed?

Dostoevsky's ambitious novel is a towering achievement of literature, a gripping drama that grapples with the eternal questions of faith, sacrifice, morality, and the very nature of love.