A character in this novel drunkenly describes a man who ate 60 monks during a series of famines. A woman in this novel changes the initials emblazoned on a shield to those of the protagonist’s love interest while she mockingly recites a poem about a “poor knight.” This novel’s protagonist exchanges crosses with a friend who later tries to stab him, leading him to fall down a flight of stairs. In this novel, the protagonist’s (*) wild gesticulating at a dinner party results in him accidentally breaking a Chinese vase. This novel ends as the protagonist loses his mind and returns to a Swiss sanatorium upon discovering that his ex-fiancée Nastasya Filippovna was murdered by his friend Rogozhin. For 10 points, name this novel about the epileptic Prince Myshkin, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. ■END■
ANSWER: The Idiot
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