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by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), Constance Garnett (Translator)

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Completed only a few months before the author's death, The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoyevsky's largest, most expansive, most life-embracing work. Filled with human passions ― lust, greed, love, jealousy, sorrow, and humor ― the book is also infused with moral issues and the issue of collective guilt.
As in many of Dostoyevsky's novels, the plot centers on a murder. Three brothers, different in character but bound by their ancestry, are drawn into the crime's vortex: Dmitri, a young officer utterly unrestrained in love, hatred, jealousy, and generosity; Ivan, an intellectual capable of delivering impromptu disquisitions about good and evil, God, and the devil; and Alyosha, the youngest brother, preternaturally patient, kind, and loving. Part mystery, part profound philosophical and theological debate, The Brothers Karamazov represents the culmination of Dostoyevsky's life's work and ranks among the greatest novels of all time.

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Paperback: 736 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; Unabridged edition (Aug. 23 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780486437910
ISBN-13: 978-0486437910
ASIN: 0486437914
Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 4.4 x 20.8 cm
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Average Customer Review: 221 customer reviews
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Completed only a few months before the author's death, The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoyevsky's largest, most expansive, most life-embracing work. Filled with human passions―lust, greed, love, jealousy, sorrow, and humor―the book is also infused with moral issues and the issue of collective guilt.
As in many of Dostoyevsky's novels, the plot centers on a murder. Three brothers, different in character but bound by their ancestry, are drawn into the crime's vortex: Dmitri, a young officer utterly unrestrained in love, hatred, jealousy, and generosity; Ivan, an intellectual capable of delivering impromptu disquisitions about good and evil, God, and the devil; and Alyosha, the youngest brother, preternaturally patient, kind, and loving. Part mystery, part profound philosophical and theological debate, The Brothers Karamazov represents the culmination of Dostoyevsky's life's work and ranks among the greatest novels of all time.

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With his sympathetic portrayals of the downtrodden of 19th-century Russian society, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) exercised immense influence on modern writers. His novels featured profound philosophical and psychological insights that anticipated the development of psychoanalysis and existentialism.

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Tom Gray

A Radical Novel

March 25, 2018

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I read “The Brother’s Karamazov” after reading two other novels by Dostoyevsky – “Crime and Punishment” and “The Gambler”. On the surface, “The Brother’s Karamazov” reads like a discussion about personal morality in the context of society and in some ways is like ‘Crime and Punishment” in this. However, in reading the novel, I kept feeling that the religious aspects of the novel were only on the surface. I saw that this novel was actually political and had as its overarching context a discussion of the nature of society. That is what is the effect of different types of society on the people who inhabit them. I saw that two types of society were laid out.

The first is the type of hierarchical autocratic or at least elitist society that is of the type that was extant in Russia in Dostoyevsky’s time. This is set forth clearly in the “Grand Inquisitor” chapter. Morality here is defined from above and imposed on he population. People are seen as incapable of forming a society in any other way as they are inherently self-interested and chaotic. The novel presents this both in a Christian and anti-Christian context. In the Christian context, Ivan Karamazov poses the question of how society can function there is no belief in in an immortal soul. In the anti-Christian context, Ivan presents the story of the Grand Inquisitor in which he portrays a society in which a political establishment utilize the appearance of a Christian society to impose hierarchical control. The second is described by the elder Father Zorsima as an egalitarian society in which people come together and society is built from the bottom up out of the mutual respect and concern between people.

I don’t know if my interpretation is correct but if it holds water than this was a very radical novel for its day. The society of the Grand Inquisitor could be well be seen as a description of the autocratic Russian empire. The ending of the novel is a scene in which Alexey Karamazov urges a group of boys to go forth and interact in the world. His urgings sound as almost a call to arms to go forth and build the egalitarian society that Father Zorsima describes as ideal. My edition of this book has an introduction which indicates that another novel was intended to follow up on this one and carry on with some of the same characters. Alexy was to become a radical and be involved in an assassination according to this. This would seem to support my feeling that this was a political novel in contrast to the “Crime and Punishment” which was more about the individual and personal morality.

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Andrew Dykstra

Classic family drama

August 11, 2016

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I have just completed reading this very readable translation of The Brothers Karamazov. Three very different brothers each have a very complicated relationship with their difficult father. When I read of Grushenka, the woman desired by both the father Fyodor and his eldest son Dmitry, I had an image of Greta Garbo in my mind. Ivan's story that he shares with Alexi their youngest brother, The Grand Inquisitor is justly famous.

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J Khan

Profound

November 12, 2018

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A strange read due to a very odd style of dialogue .. though this may be typical of the old type of Russian discourse. And a ‘heavy’ read with a huge amount of psychological and philosophical content to think about, especially as we have seen how Russia’s recent history has unfolded. A great book very much worth the effort of getting through to the end. I think this book opens a window onto the psyche of the Russian people.

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Carol

They don't seem to have much brotherly love for each other

April 21, 2015

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Three brothers in Russia set out in life, set a few hundred years in the past. They don't seem to have much brotherly love for each other, save perhaps for one brother who feels called to the monastery. Lust for a certain woman gets in the way of the father and one of his sons. Money, excessive drinking, and foolish spending, cause this son to become a suspect in a murder, when the son's father is found deceased in his own house. The plot is thickly woven into a fascinating read. Who will end up being charged with murder?

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Love the "Everyman' Library" brand. The feel, layout and presentation of their books. Most definitely a quality product. A product meant to grace your bookshelf forever. And in a book like The Brothers Karamazov this is money well spent as this is a book that can be read many times over the course of one's life, due to the wisdom, philosophy, and life lessons it holds. Dostoevsky is a master, and should be read by every man, and woman. Especially in our modern condition when so many of us are struggling to find the meaning of life.

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Incredible book

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Very easy reading

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Very much enjoyed this read I so like the narrative

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