description: The Grand Inquisitor is a parable told by Ivan to Alyosha in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, The Brothers Karamazov. Ivan and Alyosha are brothers; Ivan is a committed atheist and Alyosha is a novice monk. The Grand Inquisitor is an important part of the novel and one of the best-known passages in modern literature because of its ideas about human nature and freedom, and because of its fundamental ambiguity.
language: English
title: Veliky Inkvisitor: The Grand Inquisitor
titlecomplete: Veliky Inkvisitor: The Grand Inquisitor
genres: Classics, Philosophy, Short Stories, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 6063
publisher: Interlingua Audiobooks