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| Title | : | The Brothers Karamazov (The Brothers Karamazov #1-4) |
| Author | : | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 796 pages |
| Published | : | June 14th 2002 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (first published November 18th 1879) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Vampires. Witches. Magic |
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The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons―the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture. This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal inventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.Specify Books To The Brothers Karamazov (The Brothers Karamazov #1-4)
| Original Title: | Братья Карамазовы |
| ISBN: | 0374528373 (ISBN13: 9780374528379) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Brothers Karamazov #1-4 |
| Characters: | Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov, Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov, Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov, Pavel Smerdyakov, Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlova, Katerina Ivanovna Verkhovtseva, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, Father Zosima, the Elder, Ilyusha, Nikolai Krassotkin |
| Setting: | Russia |
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I am big; its the pictures that got smallIn Considering the Lobster, David Foster Wallace observes that the thing about Dostoevskys characters is that they are alive" (264). They are, in fact, larger than life, and Wallace goes on to bemoan the fact that so many of the novelists of our own place and time look so thematically shallow and lightweightin comparison to Gogol or Dostoevsky (271). Like Norma Desmond, who feels the pictures have gotten small, Wallace sees contemporary novels lacking theHurrah for Karamazov! Those are the concluding words of this bombastic brick of a book. I am more than willing to chime in, to cheer for the brothers Karamazov who finally, finally made me give in to the genius of Dostoevsky fully, without anger, without resentment and fight, after a year of grappling with his earlier novels.This is doubtless his magnum opus, the shining lead star in a brilliant cosmos. There are many similarities to his earlier novels, and his characters fight with the same
I'm writing this review as I read. Frankly, I'm astounded by how good this is and how compelling I'm finding it. Astounded? Why should that be? This is a classic, after all. True, but it breaks just about every "rule" of fiction. The plot so far is virtually nonexistent: three brothers get together with their wastrel father and all sorts of dysfunction, including an odd love triangle involving the father and the eldest son, are revealed. The brothers aren't particular close to each other, and
On Romancing The Devil Warning: This review might contain spoilers even outside the hidden 'spoiler alert' regions. I honestly am not capable of discriminating. The book is not about the murder or about who did it, those things were very apparent before half the book was completed - the narrator taking special pains to spoil all suspense for his readers at the very beginning (harkening back to the days of greek drama and Euripides - according to whom, the effect of a story, even a whodunnit, was
Ask me what book has now transformed my thought about what literature can do and I will name this book. Ask me about a book whose characters I will reference for yearsnot because they were so relatable or lovable but because they were replacements of philosophical thoughtand I will name Alyosha, Ivan, and Mitya. Ask me about an author whose works I wont mind reading and rereading, and I will name Fyodor Dostoevsky.To think, before reading this, I didnt even know how to properly pronounce the
If there was still any doubt, let me confirm that this actually is the greatest book ever written. But be warned that you need to set aside a solid month to get through it. And it's not light reading--this is a dense work of philosophy disguised as a simple murder mystery. But it's well worth the effort. It tackles the fundamental question of human existence--how best to live one's life--in a truly engaging way. Dostoevsky created 3 brothers (Ivan, Alexei, and Dmitri) with opposite answers to
Contrary to widespread rumor, this is a far from bleak book. While every character has his or her own misery, and it all takes place in a place called something like "cattle-roundup-ville", the moments of religious ecstasy and moral clarity are heartbreaking in their frequency - it's hard not to wish that one had such bizarre events going on around one in order to prompt such lofty oratory.The story involves Ivan, Dmitri, Alyosha, and Smerdyakov, four brothers with a rich but notoriously
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