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The Idiot [Blackstone]

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
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Despite the harsh circumstances besetting his own life - abject poverty, incessant gambling, and the death of his firstborn child - Dostoevsky produced a second masterpiece, The Idiot, just two years after completing Crime and Punishment. In it, a saintly man, Prince Myshkin, is thrust into the heart of a society more concerned with wealth, power, and sexual conquest than the ideals of Christianity. Myshkin soon finds himself at the center of a violent love triangle in which a notorious woman and a beautiful young girl become rivals for his affections. Extortion, scandal, and murder follow, testing the wreckage left by human misery to find "man in man."©2000 Blackstone Audiobooks. Originally published in 1880 in Russia. Classics Murder Crime

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"Nothing is outside Dostoevsky's province....Out of Shakespeare there is no more exciting reading." (Virginia Woolf)

Complex Characters • Profound Themes • Compelling Storyline • Psychological Depth • Tragic Heroines • Fluid Delivery

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Dostoevsky is never easy, but always rewards the patience and diligence it takes to deal with a long book and cope with those Russian names. Generally, I find audiobooks resolve most of these difficulties, however this recording has proven otherwise. I find the narrator's style to be stiff and hurried - its as if he knows the story and is just busily getting a long job done.

Never Easy, But...

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I read crime and punishment and didn’t care for it, but The Idiot makes me understand why Dostoyevsky has such a high reputation.

Now THAT’S a book!

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I did enjoy the read. However, it was not as enjoyable as other works by Dostoevsky. Some may disagree. Enjoy.

not as good as other works by Dostoevsky

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Where does The Idiot [Blackstone] rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Would rank in the top ten-

What other book might you compare The Idiot [Blackstone] to and why?

It is a one of a kind book .....

What does Robert Whitfield bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He does a good job of separating the many characters

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

A bit of both, a really deep book-requires some focus or you quickly loose continuity-

Any additional comments?

Well worth the effort - much insight to be gleaned-

Insightful-

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This is another triumph for Robert Whitfield, the master narrator of the classic novel. Readers who assign a low rating to such a great work of literature and such a masterful reading should probably stick to popular, lighter modern works. There are lots of great pieces in that catergory.

Excellent

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