The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Translated by Eva Martin. Virtual Entertainment, 2016. Series: World classic books. This novel written by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky and first published in 1868. Dostoevsky's motives for writing The Idiot stem from his desire to depict the "positively good man". This man is naturally likened to Christ in many ways.