In "The Brothers Karamazov, unversally regarded as Dostoevsky's masterpiece, the great Russian author creates psychological portraits with considerable violence and poetry. Among the many memorable episodes is Ivan's recounting of the legend of the Grand Inquisitor--a colloquy that explores in startling depth the question of the existence of God.
The violent lives of three sons are exposed when their father is murdered and each one attempts to come to terms with his own guilt From the Hardcover edition.
The story revolves around the murder of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov—the father of the Karamazov brothers—a debauched man who leads a hedonistic life and excels in the art of seducing women.
The violent lives of three sons are exposed when their father is murdered and each one attempts to come to terms with his guilt Introduction by Malcolm Jones; Translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
The award-winning translation of Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel.
Translated with an Introduction by David McDuff.
"The Brothers Karamazov stands as the culmination of Dostoevsky's art--his last, longest, richest, and most capacious book," said The Washington Post Book World. "Nothing is outside Dostoevsky's province," observed Virginia Woolf.
Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov is unquestionably one of the greatest works of world literature.
As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death.
The Second Edition of the Norton Critical Edition of The Brothers Karamazov is based on a significantly revised translation by Susan McReynolds.
Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate.