description: After spending four years in a Siberian penal settlement, during which time he underwent a religious conversion, Dostoevsky developed a keen ability for deep character analysis. In The Brothers Karamazov, he explores human nature at its most loathsome and cruel but never flinches at what he finds. The Brothers Karamazov tells the stirring tale of four the pleasure-seeking, impatient Dmitri; the brilliant and morose Ivan; the gentle, loving, and honest Alyosha; and the illegitimate shy, silent, and cruel. The four unite in the murder of one of literature's most despicable characters--their father. While on the surface a story about patricide, this novel is, on a deeper level, a spiritual tale of the struggle between faith, doubt, reason, and free will. This passionate novel of ethics and morality, religion and philosophy, was Dostoevsky's final and best work.
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: 316320
places: Russia
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks