The main character's wishes to marry are foiled by his friend Rogozhin, who ends up murdering Natasya.
One character in this novel, Hippolite, is a consumptive who writes an "Essential Statement" on life and mortality. At one point, the main character falls ill after breaking a priceless vase at a dinner party, and earlier he befriends Ganya, a secretary who wishes to marry Aglaya, the daughter of a general. The main character's wishes to marry are foiled by his friend Rogozhin, who ends up murdering Natasya. This title character first comes to the Epanchin house after leaving a sanatorium in Switzerland, where he was being treated for epilepsy, and it is the Epanchins who give him the nickname that titles the book. For ten points, identify this novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which centers on Prince Myshkin.
One character in this novel, Hippolite, is a consumptive who writes an "Essential Statement" on life and mortality.
The Idiot