description: The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons―the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbalinventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.
language: Russian
title: The Brothers Karamazov
titlecomplete: The Brothers Karamazov
characters: Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov, Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov, Pavel Smerdyakov, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, Liza Khokhlakov, Katerina Ivanovna Verkhovtseva, Father Zosima, the Elder, Mikhail Osipovich Rakitin, Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov, Ilyusha Snegiryov, Nikolai Krassotkin, Katerina Ospovna Khokhlakov, Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlova
genres: Russia, Literature, Fiction, Russian Literature, Philosophy, 19th Century, Classic Literature, Religion, Novels, Classics
ratings_count: 316619
places: Russia
publisher: Distribooks Inc