Dostoevsky

The Idiot is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868–69. The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In the character of Prince Myshkin, Dostoevsky set himself the task of depicting "the positively good and beautiful man." The novel examines the consequences of placing such a unique individual at the centre of the conflicts, desires, passions and egoism of worldly society, both for the man himself and for those with whom he becomes involved. Joseph Frank describes The Idiot as "the most personal of all Dostoevsky's major works, the book in which he embodies his most intimate, cherished, and sacred convictions." It includes descriptions of some of his most intense personal ordeals, such as epilepsy and mock execution, and explores moral, spiritual and philosophical themes consequent upon them. His primary motivation in writing the novel was to subject his own highest ideal, that of true Christian love, to the crucible of contemporary Russian society. The artistic method of conscientiously testing his central idea meant that the author could not always predict where the plot was going as he was writing. The novel has an awkward structure, and many critics have commented on its seemingly chaotic organization. According to Gary Saul Morson, "The Idiot violates every critical norm and yet somehow manages to achieve real greatness." Dostoevsky himself was of the opinion that the experiment was not entirely successful, but the novel remained his favourite among his works. In a letter to Strakhov he wrote: "Much in the novel was written hurriedly, much is too diffuse and did not turn out well, but some of it did turn out well. I do not stand behind the novel, but I do stand behind the idea.

TEASER: KC, the shy and sheltered heir of the Dostoevsky Group of Companies, experienced a number of traumatic incidents at a very young age. She witnessed how her parents were brutally killed when she was just 7 years old that made her a bit introverted and have some social anxieties. Tin, on the other hand is like a breath of fresh air. She loves to paint and express her feelings through that. She always follow her friend Sandy who always take the lead. Sandy, the fighter and liberated one was the most protective of KC. She’s dominant, aggressive and will do anything she thinks is good and right for KC. She doesn’t conform on what other people say. The two, Tin and Sandy, were tasked to take care and protect KC by none other than KC’s only family—her tita Yumi and tito Tor. They report to them, unknowingly to KC. Nikolai, on the other hand, is the most popular singer in the Philippines and KC’s soulmate, according to her. KC has been in love with him ever since she was in studying in high school in the States. She had been dreaming of meeting him in person especially that he is under the management of their recording company in the Philippines. She decided to work as a regular employee in the company after she took up her master’s degree in the States and go undercover to make sure that Nikolai would fall in love with her as the simple girl she really is—without the connection of the Dostoevsky’s. Fortunately she was able to make him fall in love with her, she thinks. But she doesn’t believe in sex before marriage. She wants to do it on their first night as husband and wife. What happens if Sandy and Tin fell in love with Nikolai as well? And to her KC’s shock, she is actually pregnant when she had never been intimate to any man before? What will happen to their intertwined lives?

Si KC, ang mahiyain at sheltered na tagapagmana ng Dostoevsky Group of Companies. Sa murang edad ay nasaksihan niya ang trahedya ng pagkamatay ng kanyang mga magulang na naging dahilan ng kanyang reclusion at pagtatago ng kanyang sarili sa ibang tao.Si Tin, she's like a breath of fresh air, she loves to paint and express her feelings through that. Sunud-sunuran siya sa kaibigan na si Sandy at napag-utusan na maging tagapagbantay at tagapangalaga ni KC dahil ayaw na ng tito at tita niya na maranasan niya ang isang panibagong trauma.Si Sandy naman, palaban at protective kay Tin at KC. Dominante at agresibo, she'll do what she thinks is good and right, she doesn't conform on what other people say. Like Tin, inatasan din siyang bantayan at pangalagaan si KC, sa hindi nito nalalamanag paraan.Si Nikolai, pinakasikat na singer ng kanyang henerasyon, trying to get the attention and love of his first love so he oblige in doing anything to unmask KC's true identity.Their lives will be intertwined when Sandy would pretend as KC and made love to her boyfriend, Nikolai. Si Nikolai ay magiging kakampi ng mga taong itinatago ang sekreto ng pagkatao ni KC dahil sa awa sa babae at si KC naman ay inaakalang totoong mahal na siya ng lalake. Despite of KC's morals and principles never to have sex before marriage, Nikolai oblige despite of all the hints that he wants to lure her in his bed; she remained pure.But one day to her surprise, she woke up being pregnant! Was she drugged then raped? Bakit wala siyang maalala? Matatanggap pa kaya siya ng kanyang pinakamamahal na si Nikolai?