num_pages: 718
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 murderer, 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.
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: Dover Publications