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The Karamazov brothers: A novel in four parts with an epilogue, in two volumes (Selected works / Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Karamazov brothers A novel in four parts with an epilogue in two volumes - Selected works / Fyodor Dostoyevsky Author:Fyodor Dostoyevsky 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... more ». 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.« less