The Originals: The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky’s final work, The Brothers Karamazov, is arguably one of the best novels ever written in any language. Set in 19th-century Russia, the novel was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger from January 1879 to November 1880. 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. A spiritual drama of sorts, the story of Fyodor and his three sons from different wives, embodies Dostoevsky’s philosophy and delves into debates on morality, free will and God. Dostoevsky’s hero Alyosha was named after his own son who died of epilepsy at the age of three in 1878. The qualities that Dostoevsky admired in his son are reflected in the eponymous character, created and developed as a cathartic process. Dostoevsky died less than four months after the publication of The Brothers Karamazov. Constance Garnett’s English translation of the novel was released in 1912. It is believed that a copy of The Brothers Karamazov was found next to Leo Tolstoy’s nightstand when he died. |
Contents
Book Ten The Boys | 587 |
Book Eleven Ivan | 642 |
The Injured Foot | 651 |
A Little Demon | 661 |
A Hymn And A Secret | 668 |
Not You Not You | 682 |
The First Interview With Smerdyakov | 688 |
The Second Visit ToSmerdyakov | 698 |
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The Scandalous Scene | 95 |
Book Three The Sensualists | 105 |
Lizaveta | 110 |
The Confession Of A Passionate | 114 |
HeartIn Verse | 123 |
The Confession Of A Passionate | 131 |
Smerdyakov | 139 |
The Controversy | 144 |
Book Four Lacerations | 185 |
Book Five Pro And Contra | 240 |
To A Clever Man | 309 |
Book Six The Russian Monk | 318 |
Of Father Zossima | 354 |
Book Seven Alyosha | 371 |
Book Eight Mitya | 414 |
TheBrothersKaramazov | 493 |
Book Nine The Preliminary Investigation | 508 |
Part IV | 581 |
The Third And Last Interview | 708 |
The Devil Ivans Nightmare | 724 |
It Was He Who Said That | 742 |
BookTwelve A Judicial Error | 748 |
Dangerous Witnesses | 755 |
The Medical Experts And A Pound Of Nuts | 764 |
FortuneSmiles On Mitya | 770 |
A Sudden Catastrophe | 780 |
The Prosecutors Speech Sketches Of Character | 789 |
An Historical Survey | 799 |
A Treatise On Smerdyakov | 804 |
The Galloping Troika The End Of The | 813 |
The Speech For The Defense | 824 |
Prosecutors Speech | 826 |
There Was No Money There Was An Argument That Cuts Both Ways | 829 |
And There Was No Murder Either | 835 |
A Corrupter Of Thought | 843 |
The Peasants Stand Firm | 851 |
Epilogue | 858 |
For A Moment The Lie Becomes Truth | 863 |
Ilushas Funeral The Speech At The Stone | 871 |
Common terms and phrases
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