The Idiot - Penguin Classics Author:Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David Magarshack (Translator) In The Idiot, Prince Myshkin, a saintly man, is thrust into the heart of a society obsessed with wealth, power, and sexual conquest. He 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, as Dostoevsky'... more »;s "positively good man" clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his moral idealism.« less