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3. Analysis

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Prince Myshkin analyses his feelings for the spoilt but captivating Nastasya - and the more timid Aglaya. Stars Paul Rhys.

While recovering from an epileptic fit, Prince Myshkin analyses his feelings for the two very different women he has met.

There's the spoilt but captivating Nastasya Filipovna, who is fatally attracted to the evil Rogozhin, and the more timid Aglaya, who is secretly in love with him.

She and the Prince meet, but the outcome is not what she had hoped for...

This is one of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's most famous and personal novels

The vivid inner life of Prince Myshkin, who has returned from years abroad spent trying to treat his epilepsy.

It takes courage to reintroduce himself into Russian society...

Starring Paul Rhys

Dramatised by Melissa Murray

Paul Rhys 鈥�. Prince Myshkin
Roger Allam 鈥�. Rogazhin
Alex Jennings 鈥�. Ganya
Lia Williams 鈥�. Nastasya
Stephen Moore 鈥�. General Ivolgin
Gerard McDermott 鈥�. Lebedev
Paula Jacobs 鈥�. Mrs Yepanchin
Tracy-Ann Oberman 鈥�. Aglaya
Carl Prekopp 鈥�. Kolya
Jemma Churchill 鈥�. Varya
Jonathan Keeble 鈥�. Man

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 2002.

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