The Brothers Karamazov
Subtitle: a novel in four parts and an epilogue
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff.
Contributors: McDuff, David, 1945-
Edition: Reissued with revisions (10)
Series: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Translated from: eng
Translation of: Братья Карамазовы
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 1013
ISBN-13: 9780140449242
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Brothers -- Fiction; Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
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 murder, 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.

This powerful translation of The Brothers Karamazov features an introduction highlighting Dostoyevsky's recurrent themes of guilt and salvation, with a new chronology and further reading.

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Notes: "First published 1880"--T.p. verso.
"Reissued with revisions 2003"--T.p. verso.