The Idiot
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
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Part One, Chapter One Part One, Chapter Two Part One, Chapter Three Part One, Chapter Four Part One, Chapter Five Part One, Chapter Six Part One, Chapter Seven Part One, Chapter Eight Part One, Chapter Nine Part One, Chapter Ten Part One, Chapter Eleven Part One, Chapter Twelve Part One, Chapter Thirteen Part One, Chapter Fourteen Part One, Chapter Fifteen Part One, Chapter Sixteen Part Two, Chapter One Part Two, Chapter Two Part Two, Chapter Three Part Two, Chapter Four Part Two, Chapter Five Part Two, Chapter Six Part Two, Chapter Seven Part Two, Chapter Eight Part Two, Chapter Nine Part Two, Chapter Ten Part Two, Chapter Eleven Part Two, Chapter Twelve Part Three, Chapter One Part Three, Chapter Two Part Three, Chapter Three Part Three, Chapter Four Part Three, Chapter Five Part Three, Chapter Six Part Three, Chapter Seven Part Three, Chapter Eight Part Three, Chapter Nine Part Three, Chapter Ten Part Four, Chapter One Part Four, Chapter Two Part Four, Chapter Three Part Four, Chapter Four Part Four, Chapter Five Part Four, Chapter Six Part Four, Chapter Seven Part Four, Chapter Eight Part Four, Chapter Nine Part Four, Chapter Ten Part Four, Chapter Eleven Part Four, Chapter Twelve: Conclusion
Themes
All Themes Innocence v. Foolishness Money, Greed, and Corruption Social Hierarchy, Authority, and Rebellion Absurdity and Nihilism Passion, Violence, and Christianity
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Characters
All Characters Prince Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin Aglaya Ivanovna Epanchin Nastasya Filippovna Barashkov Parfyon Semyonovich Rogozhin Mrs. Lizaveta Prokofyevna Epanchin Gavrila Ardalionovich Ivolgin (Ganya) Lukyan Timofeevich Lebedev Ippolit Terentyev Varvara Ardalionovna Ivolgin (Varya) General Ardalion Alexandrovich Ivolgin Nikolai Ardalionovich Ivolgin (Kolya) Afanasy Ivanovich Totsky Antip Burdovsky Princess Belokonsky
Terms
All Terms Dacha
Symbols
All Symbols Holbein’s “The Dead Christ” The Chinese Vase
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The Idiot

by

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Dacha

The Russian word for a country house or a vacation home. Owning a dacha is a status symbol for the upper class in The Idiot. In the novel, Lebedev and the Epanchin family have… read analysis of Dacha
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