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The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

With Constance Garnett

Translated by Constance Garnett

A dispute over inheritance between father and son escalates into a family feud.

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First published
1879–1880
Length
350,536 words
Reading time
About 24 hr 21 min
Language
English (US)

About the book

Dmitri Karamazov and his father Fyodor are at war over both Dmitri’s inheritance and the affections of the beautiful Grushenka. Into this feud arrive the middle brother Ivan, recently returned from Moscow, and the youngest sibling Alyosha, who has been released into the wider world from the local monastery by the elder monk Zossima. Through a series of accidents of fate and wilful misunderstandings the Karamazovs edge closer to tragedy, while the local townspeople watch on.

The Brothers Karamazov was Fyodor Dostoevsky’s final novel, and was originally serialised in The Russian Messenger before being published as a complete novel in 1880. This edition is the well-received 1912 English translation by Constance Garnett. As well as earning wide-spread critical acclaim, the novel has been widely influential in literary and philosophical circles; Franz Kafka and James Joyce admired the emotions that verge on madness in the Karamazovs, while Sigmund Freud and Jean-Paul Satre found inspiration in the themes of patricide and existentialism.

the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 350,536 words arranged in 116 navigable sections.

The source metadata identifies Annotator: Constance Garnett; Translator: Constance Garnett.

About the author

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) is described by Wikidata as Russian novelist (1821–1881), with citizenship or national association recorded as Russia and Russian Empire.

Recorded occupations include translator, poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, and philosopher. Languages recorded for Fyodor Dostoyevsky include Russian. The structured record associates Fyodor Dostoyevsky with literary realism. Wikidata lists Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The Brothers Karamazov, and The House of the Dead among Fyodor Dostoyevsky's notable works. Open Library catalogs 0 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Crime and Punishment, Demons, Notes from Underground, Poor Folk, The Brothers Karamazov, The Gambler, and The House of the Dead under Fyodor Dostoyevsky's authorship.

1821–1881

Contributors

Annotator

Constance Garnett

Translator

Constance Garnett

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Themes and ideas

  • Didactic fiction
  • Fathers and sons
  • Russia
  • Brothers

Table of contents

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  1. Epigraph
  2. The Brothers Karamazov
  3. Part I
  4. Book I
  5. I: Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
  6. II: He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son
  7. III: The Second Marriage and the Second Family
  8. IV: The Third Son, Alyosha
  9. V: Elders
  10. Book II
  11. I: They Arrive at the Monastery
  12. II: The Old Buffoon
  13. III: Peasant Women Who Have Faith
  14. IV: A Lady of Little Faith
  15. V: So Be It! So Be It!
  16. VI: Why Is Such a Man Alive?
  17. VII: A Young Man Bent on a Career
  18. VIII: The Scandalous Scene
  19. Book III
  20. I: In the Servants’ Quarters
  21. II: Lizaveta
  22. III: The Confession of a Passionate Heart—In Verse
  23. IV: The Confession of a Passionate Heart—In Anecdote
  24. V: The Confession of a Passionate Heart—“Heels Up”
  25. VI: Smerdyakov
  26. VII: The Controversy
  27. VIII: Over the Brandy
  28. IX: The Sensualists
  29. X: Both Together
  30. XI: Another Reputation Ruined
  31. Part II
  32. Book IV
  33. I: Father Ferapont
  34. II: At His Father’s
  35. III: A Meeting with the Schoolboys
  36. IV: At the Hohlakovs’
  37. V: A Laceration in the Drawing-Room
  38. VI: A Laceration in the Cottage
  39. VII: And in the Open Air
  40. Book V
  41. I: The Engagement
  42. II: Smerdyakov with a Guitar
  43. III: The Brothers Make Friends
  44. IV: Rebellion
  45. V: The Grand Inquisitor
  46. VI: For Awhile a Very Obscure One
  47. VII: “It’s Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man”
  48. Book VI
  49. I: Father Zossima and His Visitors
  50. II: The Duel
  51. III: Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima
  52. Part III
  53. Book VII
  54. I: The Breath of Corruption
  55. II: A Critical Moment
  56. III: An Onion
  57. IV: Cana of Galilee
  58. Book VIII
  59. I: Kuzma Samsonov
  60. II: Lyagavy
  61. III: Goldmines
  62. IV: In the Dark
  63. V: A Sudden Resolution
  64. VI: “I Am Coming, Too!”
  65. VII: The First and Rightful Lover
  66. VIII: Delirium
  67. Book IX
  68. I: The Beginning of Perhotin’s Official Career
  69. II: The Alarm
  70. III: The Sufferings of a Soul, the First Ordeal
  71. IV: The Second Ordeal
  72. V: The Third Ordeal
  73. VI: The Prosecutor Catches Mitya
  74. VII: Mitya’s Great Secret. Received with Hisses
  75. VIII: The Evidence of the Witnesses. The Babe
  76. IX: They Carry Mitya Away
  77. Part IV
  78. Book X
  79. I: Kolya Krassotkin
  80. II: Children
  81. III: The Schoolboy
  82. IV: The Lost Dog
  83. V: By Ilusha’s Bedside
  84. VI: Precocity
  85. VII: Ilusha
  86. Book XI
  87. I: At Grushenka’s
  88. II: The Injured Foot
  89. III: A Little Demon
  90. IV: A Hymn and a Secret
  91. V: Not You, Not You!
  92. VI: The First Interview with Smerdyakov
  93. VII: The Second Visit to Smerdyakov
  94. VIII: The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov
  95. IX: The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare
  96. X: “It Was He Who Said That”
  97. Book XII
  98. I: The Fatal Day
  99. II: Dangerous Witnesses
  100. III: The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts
  101. IV: Fortune Smiles on Mitya
  102. V: A Sudden Catastrophe
  103. VI: The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches of Character
  104. VII: An Historical Survey
  105. VIII: A Treatise on Smerdyakov
  106. IX: The Galloping Troika. The End of the Prosecutor’s Speech
  107. X: The Speech for the Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways
  108. XI: There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
  109. XII: And There Was No Murder Either
  110. XIII: A Corrupter of Thought
  111. XIV: The Peasants Stand Firm
  112. Epilogue
  113. I
  114. II
  115. III
  116. Endnotes
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