The Brothers Karamazov (Russian: Бра́тья Карама́зовы, Brat'ya Karamazovy), also translated as The Karamazov Brothers, is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger from January 1879 to November 1880. Dostoevsky died less than four months after its publication.
Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that enters deeply into questions of God, free will, and morality. It is a theological drama dealing with problems of faith, doubt and reason in the context of a modernizing Russia, with a plot that revolves around the subject of patricide. Dostoevsky composed much of the novel in Staraya Russa, which inspired the main setting. It has been acclaimed as one of the supreme achievements in world literature.
Lauri
11.6.2025
Hard to say anything other than wow. I would have to write a 10 page long essay here ro convey my feelings in an understandable and consice manner, but I will say this to the person deciding whether to listen to this brick: If you have any interest in the 19th century, Christianity or Russia, this work is like a bible of insight and clarity. Dimitry, Ivan, Alyosha and Smerdyakov are quite likely the most lovable and intriguing people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing from any work of literature. It is long, but by God is this a must read. Take it up now so you can move on from the downright demonic longing this book gives to the one who hears about it. You may even wish that it would not be so short.
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