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The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 24 characters, 8 places, 8 objects and 6 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 52 passages of The Idiot sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Fyodor Dostoyevsky instead.
The Idiot feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of The Idiot
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- The Prince Arrives
- The Name-Day Scandal
- Rogozhin's House
- Pavlovsk and Ippolit
- Aglaya and the Two Women
- The Final Vigil
The author's pen in The Idiot
The passages themselves, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Train Through Fog to Petersburgch. 1
- Opposite in Third Classch. 1
- No Place To Staych. 1
- Treated Like a Dogch. 1
- She Is Not for Youch. 1
- Rogozhin's Offer to the Princech. 1
- Everybody Going to Pavlofskch. 1
- Beggar Equal to Great Mench. 1
- Prince Muishkin at the Doorch. 2
- Prince Muishkin Introduces Himselfch. 2
- No Capital Punishment Herech. 2
- The General’s Three Daughtersch. 2
- A Familiar Face Vanishesch. 2
- A Smile Too Sweetch. 3
- The Exchange of Crossesch. 3
- Led Out Politelych. 4
- Faith Ruined By A Picturech. 4
- A Month of Lifech. 5
- The Epileptic Fitch. 5
- Aglaya’s Hedgehog Giftch. 5
The characters of The Idiot
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkinmajor
- Nastasia Philipovna Barashkovamajor
- Parfen Rogozhinmajor
- Aglaya Epanchinmajor
- Afanasy Ivanovich Totskysupporting
- Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolginsupporting
- Lizaveta Prokofyevna Epanchinsupporting
- General Epanchinsupporting
- Ippolit Terentyevsupporting
- Lebedeffsupporting
- Colia Ivolginsupporting
- General Ivolginsupporting
- Adelaida Epanchinsupporting
- Alexandra Epanchinsupporting
- Kellerminor
- Evgenie Pavlovitch Radomskisupporting
The locations in The Idiot
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Train to Petersburgtrain carriage
- Epanchin Housetown house
- Ivolgin Apartmentfamily apartment
- Nastasia Philipovna’s Residenceapartment and party rooms
- Rogozhin Housefamily house
- Pavlovsksummer resort town
- Lebedeff’s Dachadacha
- Petersburg Streets, Hotels, and Public Interiorscity spaces
The core concepts in The Idiot
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Innocence misread as idiocy
- Beauty as moral catastrophe
- Compassion against possession
- Humiliation turned into public spectacle
- Money and marriage as moral corruption
- Death, execution, and the dignity of the soul
- Salvation offered and refused
- Idealization as cruelty
- Society as moral theatre
- Goodness without saving power
The objects of note in The Idiot
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Myshkin’s Travel Bundle
- Nastasia Philipovna’s Portrait
- Diamond Earrings
- Money at Nastasia’s Party
- Letters and Written Messages
- Ippolit’s "Necessary Explanation" Manuscript
- Religious Images and Ikons
- Rogozhin’s Knife
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