The Idiot

On a cold November morning, Prince Lef Nicolaievitch Muishkin boards a train to St. Petersburg with nothing but an old silk handkerchief containing his meager possessions. Pale, earnest, and recently returned from Swiss exile for a mysterious epileptic condition, he speaks with disarming candor to fellow passengers who mock his poverty. Yet beneath his humble exterior lies something remarkable, a name, a connection, and a destiny about to unfold.