The Idiot

“How much strength! How many wonderful places! How good is “The Idiot”! And all the faces are very bright, colorful - only they are illuminated by electric fire, under which the most ordinary, familiar face, ordinary colors acquire a supernatural shine, and you want to reconsider them as if anew.” Thus was one of the first reviews of the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky, or rather, of its first part, published in 1868 in the magazine “Russian Messenger”. There will be both enthusiastic and negative reviews, as well as doubts from the writer himself about the success of “The Idiot,” and the recognition of the public...
These brightly illuminated people in the drawings of Dementiy Shmarinov come to life, speak, cry and laugh, immersing the reader in the ideas and passions of the characters of the novel.