num_pages: 1013
description: The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother, Smerdyakov. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murder, Dostoyevsky's dark masterwork evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur, and everyone's faith in humanity is tested.This powerful translation of The Brothers Karamazov features an introduction highlighting Dostoyevsky's recurrent themes of guilt and salvation, with a new chronology and further reading.
language: English
title: The Brothers Karamazov
titlecomplete: The Brothers Karamazov
characters: Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov, Pavel Smerdyakov, Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlova, Ilyusha Snegiryov, Katerina Ospovna Khokhlakov, Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov, Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov, Nikolai Krassotkin, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, Mikhail Osipovich Rakitin, Katerina Ivanovna Verkhovtseva, Father Zosima, the Elder, Liza Khokhlakov
genres: Russia, Religion, Philosophy, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 316315
places: Russia
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd