The Notebooks for The Idiot

The Notebooks for The Idiot

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Publisher's Synopsis

Written in the midst of squalid poverty engendered by the author's compulsive gambling, The Idiot began as one story and ended as quite another. Dostoyevsky's notebooks reveal at least eight plans for the tale, with numerous variations on each plan. This unique document of his creative process is illustrated by facsimiles of original pages from the notebooks. "Superbly edited ... and well translated." ― The New York Times Book Review.

Book information

ISBN: 9780486814148
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint: Dover Publications
Pub date:
Edition: Dover Edition
DEWEY: 891.733
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 252
Weight: 358g
Height: 228mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 16mm