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: German
title: Die Brüder Karamasow
titlecomplete: Die Brüder Karamasow
characters: Katerina Ospovna Khokhlakov, Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov, Katerina Ivanovna Verkhovtseva, Nikolai Krassotkin, Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, Ilyusha Snegiryov, Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlova, Pavel Smerdyakov, Liza Khokhlakov, Mikhail Osipovich Rakitin, Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov, Father Zosima, the Elder
genres: Philosophy, Fiction, Russia, Russian Literature, 19th Century, Classic Literature, Novels, Religion, Literature, Classics
ratings_count: 316562
places: Russia