Ganya asks Myshkin to help him express his love for Aglaya one last time, but Aglaya coldly rejects him. After this conversation, Myshkin speaks with the four Epanchin women and greatly charms them. Ganya seems a little hesitant about the engagement. Ganya may be about to marry Nastasya Totsky, Nastasya’s wealthy guardian who sexually abused her as a teenager, has offered an enormous sum for her dowry. At first Epanchin is suspicious of Myshkin, but then comes to like him, offering him a job, some money, and a place to stay with his associate, Ganya. Myshkin and General Epanchin meet in Epanchin’s office. They have three unmarried daughters in their early 20s: Alexandra, Adelaida, and Aglaya. Lizaveta and her husband, General Epanchin, are wealthy and well-respected. Myshkin goes to the house of his distant relative, Mrs.

Rogozhin has been trying to seduce the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna, and is going to see her that night. Myshkin has been receiving treatment for epilepsy in Switzerland for almost five years, and has no money Rogozhin, on the other hand, has just inherited an enormous fortune. He is sitting next to Rogozhin, a young man with a “malicious smile,” and Lebedev, a foolish clerk. 'The Idiot' has also been adapted for films and TV, as has 'Demons' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.Prince Myshkin is on a train pulling into St. There have been at least 30 film and TV adaptations of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1866 novel 'Crime and Punishment' with probably the most popular being the British BBC TV series starring John Simm as Raskolnikov and Ian McDiarmid as Porfiry Petrovich. A connoisseur of the troubled human psyche and the relationships between the individuals, Dostoevsky’s oeuvre covers a large area of subjects: politics, religion, social issues, philosophy, and the uncharted realms of the psychological. Religious discussions and symbolism, philosophical endeavours, and existential ups and down mark the novel’s entirety, turning it into a compelling and remarkable read, perfect for fans of Dostoevsky and Russian literature in general.įyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a famous Russian writer of novels, short stories, and essays. 'The Idiot' is one of Dostoevsky’s most emotional and private novels, where the author talks about intimate issues, often neglected or totally ignored in contemporary Russian society. Why is it that people mistake sincerity, kindness and positivity as stupidness? Lev Myshkin has all these great character qualities and certainly is no idiot though everyone assumes him to be one.

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