[Идіотъ]
Year:
1869
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Year of publication:
2004
Pages:
784
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
Sexual content:
Violent content:
Vulgar or obscene language:
Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin suffers from epilepsy, so he is sent to Switzerland to be treated by a doctor. In this distant country his guardian dies, and he has no close relatives who can take care of him, so he decides to go in search of a distant relative who lives in the Russian capital. Through different events and dialogues, the author expresses some of his political and social ideas.
Author: Manuel Martínez, Spain
Update on: Sep 2024