Dostoevsky also describes characters with seizures in his novels “The Idiot” (1868) and “Demons” (1872). But the Russian novelist made the most famous use of his neurological illness when ...

As Fyodor Dostoyevsky ... idiot (he does have some medical problems). His good will rarely seems to pay off and, to avoid spoilers, let’s say that the ending is not exactly a happy one. Every ...

Picture Dostoevsky in 1867. With his bride ... Anna Grigorievna complained that her sister-in-law lived better than she did. The Idiot violates every critical norm and yet somehow manages to achieve ...