This study of natural goodness is Dostoevsky's most touching novel Prince Myshkin the last poverty-stricken member of a once great family & regarded by many as an idiot returns to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland in order to collect an inheritance Before he has even arrived home he becomes involved with Rogozhin a rich merchant's son whose obsession with the fascinating Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement But this is only the main thread of a rich & complex book in which a dazzling host of characters from generals to street urchins present the picture of an entire society on the verge of dissolution A tragicomic masterpiece ...

Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters from the beautiful self-destructive Nastasya Filippovna to the dangerously obsessed Rogozhin & the radical student Ippolit The Idiot is one of Dostoevsky's most personal & intense works of fiction presented here in a new translation 704 pages Dostoevsky Fyodor ...

Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction & Notes by Agnes Cardinal Honorary Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory & financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters & which ultimately lead to tragedy he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection & Dostoevsky's own views afflictions & manners His serene selflessness is contrasted with the worldly qualities of every other character in the novel Dostoevsky supplies a harsh indictment of the Russian ruling class of his day who have created a world which cannot accomodate the goodness of this idiot ...

Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium the gentle & naive epileptic Prince Myshkin
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Disc 1 1 Here We Go Round the Lemon Tree 2 My Father's Son 3 Imposters of Life's Magazine 4 Sitting in My Tree 5 The Skeleton & the Roundabout 6 Knocking Nails into My House 7 End of the Road 8 Morning Sunshine 9 Days of the Broken Arrows Disc 2 1 Worn Red Carpet 2 Neanderthal Man 3 Victim of Circumstance 4 In the Summertime 5 Told You Twice 6 Lucky Man (Alternative Version) 7 Follow Me Follow (Alternative Version) ...

This is a practical resource packed with &philosophical thought experiments&
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The If Odyssey draws out the philosophy that lies behind each story in Homer'sepic tale to introduce children not only to the exciting fables of Odysseusbut also to that other great Ancient Greek tradition philosophy Explore with Odysseus the value of happiness non-existent entities moral dilemmas thephilosophy of prophecy & the nature of love among many other philosophicalissues From the author of The If Machine this book offers stories andsession plans suitable for use across the curriculum with children aged 8-16 Online you'll find maps of Odysseus' journey The Words of Tiresias thatprovides clues for the children as to Odysseus' progress & an Ancient Greek languageworkshop with accompanying worksheets You can use the ' Storykit' section whichprovides hints & tips on storytelling skills to bring the tales of The Odyssey to life & stimulate independent critical thinking with yourclass ...

A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer's great epic in E V Rieu's classic translation The Iliad is the first & the ...

Translated by George Chapman with Introductions by Jan Parker Hector bidding farewell to his wife & baby son Odysseus bound to the mast listening to the Sirens Penelope at the loom Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy
- scenes from Homer have been reportrayed in every generation The questions about mortality & identity that Homer's heroes ask the bonds of love respect & fellowship that motivate them have gripped audiences for three millennia Chapman's Iliad & Odyssey are great English epic poems but they are also two of the liveliest & readable translations of Homer Chapman's freshness makes the everyday world of nature & the craftsman as vivid as the battlefield & Mount Olympus His poetry is driven by the excitement of the Renaissance discovery of classical civilisation as at once vital & distant & is enriched by the perspectives of humanist thought
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Thrilling comic-strip action with monsters mighty heroes & even mightier gods & goddesses 40 pages Williams Marcia ...