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by F Dostoevsky (Author) "Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov was the third son of a landowner from our district, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, well known in his own day (and still remembered..." (more)
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John Bayley, The New York Review of Books

". . . Dostoevsky's [world], with . . . its resourceful energies of life and language, is . . . beginning to come home to the English-speaking reader."


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"[Dostoevsky is] at once the most literary and compulsively readable of novelists we continue to regard as great . . . The Brothers Karamazov stands as the culmination of his art--his last, longest, richest and most capacious book. [This] scrupulous rendition can only be welcomed. It returns to us a work we thought we knew, subtly altered and so made new again."--Donald Fanger, Washington Post Book World

"It may well be that Dostoevsky's [world], with all its resourceful energies of life and language, is only now--and through the medium of this translation--beginning to come home to the English-speaking reader." --John Bayley, The New York Review of Books

"Heartily recommended to any reader who wishes to come as close to Dostoevsky's Russian as it is possible."--Joseph Frank, Princeton University

"Far and away the best translation of Dostoevsky into English that I have seen . . . faithful . . . extremely readable . . . gripping."--Sidney Monas, University of Texas
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Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov was the third son of a landowner from our district, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, well known in his own day (and still remembered among us) because of this dark and tragic death, which happened exactly thirteen years ago and which I shall speak of in its proper place. Read the first page
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great Book Bad Translation, Jul 19 2007
By E. Haensel (Toronto) - See all my reviews
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Ce commentaire est de: The Brothers Karamazov (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Paperback)
I have read this translation of BK as well as one by David Magarshack, and a new one by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhinsky. The recent translation by Pevear and Volokhinsky is much much better than this one by Constance Garnett (which is better than Magarshack's)


Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhnsky are ideal translators for Dostoevsky (he has a PhD in Russian Literature from London and is a native English speaker, she studied literature in Russia and is a native Russian speaker), they live together in France and decided to retranslate this work after she read an English translation and, knowing the Russian original, was disgusted by the translation. Their translation won a Pen/Book-of-the-Month-Club Translation Prize.

Brothers Karamazov is a good book by any translation, but is elevated to one of the peaks of modern fiction by Pevear and Volokhonsky's translation, pass this edition up and by their translation...it's worth the extra pennies.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This Translation Makes Such a Difference, Jul 19 2007
By E. Haensel (Toronto) - See all my reviews
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This is the third translation that I have read of Dostoevsky's Brother's Karamazov (the other two being one by David Magarshack and one by Constance Garnett). I must say that this translation is stunning in its improvement over the previous two. (As a side note I have read nine other Dostoevsky books in countless translations and due find the ones by these two translators to be far superior to the rest, though Hugh Aplin's translation of Poor People would come second.)

The joy that I experienced reading this translation of Dostoevsky's incomparable masterpiece is hard to explain...really it is just a book.

But what an amazing book. This translation captures the incredible mirth that underlies and levitates this seemingly dark and haunting murder mystery/philosophic treatise. It will make you laugh, cry, furrow your brows in consternation and think deeply about the nature of existence.

This translation won the Pen/Book of the month Club translation prize, it is clear why, it has taken the fax quality rendition of the novel we had under previous translation and rendered it in vivid color and texture, reading this version is like seeing a Van Gogh or Dali painting in real life, like being at a concert instead of listening to a recording.

Oh, by the introduction and accompanying explanatory notes (on everything from religious mis-quotations, to russian-ized polish expressions) is itself worth the new edition.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars High school girlie sounds off...., Jul 6 2004
By Kitty (California) - See all my reviews
Well I'm a high school sophomore and for our first reading assignment this year in AP English (our work begins in summer), we were told to choose a book and write an essay on it about the significance of the connection between a parental figure and the children, and how it contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. OMG!!! This is an excellent, fascinating book!! I just chose it randomly and it has become my favorite book of all time. The depth at which Dostoevsky explores his characters' emotions, his sincerity and self-deprecation, all those paragraphs on humanity (hehe)....If any one book defines quality literature, it is this one alone. I am disappointed that the author died before creating the sequel, but I doubt that he could have topped himself after writing this book. There are multitudes of great essays you could write about the themes in this story, on a million different subjects. Wow. Well, I don't know how much the humble opinion of a high schooler matters to y'all, but in my short years I have read a great amount of classic literature and nothing comes close to The Brothers Karamazov.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Inquiry into ultimate question
There's a 25 year difference between my first Dostoevsky novel (Crime and Punishment) and the Brothers Karamazov. Lisez davantage
Published 7 months ago by Piotr Mendrela

5.0 out of 5 stars Dostoevsky at his best
This is perhaps the greatest novel ever witten- other candidates for the place of honor being, Don Quixote and War and Peace. Lisez davantage
Published 13 months ago by Ali Sadeghi

5.0 out of 5 stars Whatever else you read, read this book.
What can I say that hasn't been said....... this is one of the best books I have read. It is full of real gems of insight and a great story to boot. Lisez davantage
Published on Jun 6 2007 by Tracey Billson

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic story
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, which is one of Dostoyevsky's all time best, perhaps the best, adds to make him perhaps the best writer of all times. Lisez davantage
Published on Dec 28 2006 by Sergey Vasilev

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic story
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, which is one of Dostoyevsky's all time best, perhaps the best, adds to make him perhaps the best writer of all times. Lisez davantage
Published on Aug 2 2005 by Sergey Vasilev

5.0 out of 5 stars a millions stars actually
THis book is amazing! i loved every page of it and the 756 pages were sooooooo beautifully used up that the time used reading such a long book is more than worth it. Lisez davantage
Published on Aug 19 2004 by Tasha

5.0 out of 5 stars Dostoevsky's Best Novel
Dostoevsky's The Brother's Karamazov was his last and greatest novel. It's 19th century style is wordy and slow (at times) by modern standards, but that does not detract from it... Lisez davantage
Published on Jul 19 2004 by David James Trapp

5.0 out of 5 stars The first-ever troll on Amazon?
Regarding the review "Clearly, a young writer to watch".
Guys, this was obviously a troll, and it worked beautifully. Lisez davantage
Published on Jul 16 2004 by George_R

5.0 out of 5 stars Could be no less than five stars.
I cannot compare this translation to the others. Like most mortals, I rarely read 800 page books more than once. Lisez davantage
Published on Jul 9 2004 by Daniel C. Wilcock

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Was Yet to Come
Previous reviews have spelled out the beauty of this book.
It's like living in the heart of a Russian who's privileged to get inside other Russian minds. Lisez davantage
Published on Jun 20 2004 by Kevin Bowden

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