The Brothers Karamazov
"Dostoevsky and Parricide" () is an introductory article contributed by Sigmund Freud to a scholarly collection on the 1880 novel "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The collection was published in 1928. The article argues that it is no coincidence that some of the greatest works of world literature - including "Oedipus Rex", "Hamlet", as well as "The Brothers Karamazov" – all concern parricide, which in Dostoevsky's case Freud links to his epilepsy.