This epic work tells of a family torn apart by patricide and deals with themes of faith, morality and free will. This book has often been called the greatest novel ever written and is a classic for every collection.
A newly revised and annotated text of Dostoevsky's classic novel is accompanied by excerpts from the author's letters and notebooks and critical and interpretive essays by American and European scholars and novelists
With this study guide, you'll be able to follow the actions of the characters and the philosophies of the author. Detailed summaries and commentaries help you to keep track of it all.
It tells the story of intellectual Ivan, sensual Dmitri, and idealistic Alyosha Karamazov, who collide in the wake of their despicable father's brutal murder.
The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his life's work.
THE STORY: Three brothers, separated since childhood, reunite as adults in the house of their father, a lecherous, whore-mongering landowner who abandoned the boys after driving their respective mothers into early graves.
Dostoyevsky composed much of the novel in Staraya Russa, which inspired the main setting.
Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate.
The Brothers Karamazov is a novel with a simple plot about a murder, and a complex discussion of faith, doubt, and morality. We begin with the father, Fyodor Karamazov.