NMLP P-045412 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky · First separate book edition, St. Petersburg (Anna Dostoevskaya's press), after the Russkiy Vestnik serial · 1874

Russian is the true first (serial 1868-69; first book edition 1874, St. Petersburg). First English is Vizetelly & Co., London, 1887 (Whishaw); the London house is publisher of record with Brentano's, New York, as US distributor, so the UK imprint has precedence over any separate US appearance.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045412 for "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045412, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).