The Karamazov Brothers
Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Ignat Avsey
Language: English
Brothers Classic fiction Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Criticism Fathers and sons Fiction General General & Literary Fiction Historical Literary Literary studies: general Literature - Classics Literature: Texts Modern fiction Psychological Romance Romance - Historical Romance: Historical Russia Russia - Social life and customs - 1533-1917 Russian Russian Literature Russian Novel And Short Story classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 15, 1998
Description:
SUMMARY: Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons--the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha--are all involved at some level. Brilliantly bound up with this psychological drama is Dostoevsky's intense and disturbing exploration of many deeply felt ideas about the existence of God, freedom of will, the collective nature of guilt, and the disastrous consequences of rationalism. Filled with eloquent voices, this new translation fully realizes the power and dramatic virtuosity of Dostoevsky's most brilliant work.