The Brothers KaramazovCompleted only two months before his death, The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoyevsky's largest, most expanisve, most life-embracing work. Filled with human passions—lust, greed, love, jealousy, sorrow and humor—the book is also infused with moral issues and the issue of collective guilt. As in many of Dostoyevsky's novels, the plot centers on a murder. Sucked into the crime's vortex are three brothers: Dmitri, a young officer utterly unrestrained in love, hatred, jealousy, and generosity; Ivan, an intellectual capable of delivering, impromptu, the most brilliant, lively, and unforgettable disquisitions about good and evil, God, and the devil; and Alyosha, the youngest brother, preternaturally patient, good, and loving. Part mystery, part profound philosophical and theological debate, The Brothers Karamazov pulls the reader in on many different levels. As the Introduction says, "The characters Dostoyevsky writes about, though they may not appear to be ones who live on our street, or even on any street, seem, in their passions and lack of self-control, the familiar and intimate denizens of our souls." It's no wonder that for many people The Brothers Karamazov is one of the greatest novels ever written. |
Contents
The History of a Family | 3 |
The Third Son Alyosha | 13 |
Elders | 19 |
An Unfortunate Gathering | 27 |
Peasant Women Who Have Faith | 37 |
A Lady of Little Faith | 44 |
So Be It So Be | 50 |
Why Is Such a Man Alive? | 57 |
The Alarm | 417 |
The Third Ordeal | 435 |
They Carry Mitya Away | 470 |
The Boys | 477 |
The Schoolboy | 486 |
The Lost | 493 |
By Ilyushas Bedside | 499 |
Precocity | 512 |
A Young Man Bent on a Career | 65 |
The Scandalous Scene | 72 |
The Sensualists | 80 |
The Confession of a Passionate Heartin Verse | 87 |
The Confession of a Passionate Heartin Anecdote | 94 |
Both Together | 127 |
Another Reputation Ruined | 137 |
Lacerations | 147 |
At His Fathers | 155 |
At the Hohlakovs | 163 |
A Laceration in the Cottage | 177 |
And in the Open Air | 183 |
Pro and Contra | 192 |
Smerdyakov with a Guitar | 201 |
Rebellion | 214 |
The Grand Inquisitor | 223 |
For a While a Very Obscure One | 240 |
Its Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man | 248 |
The Russian Monk | 256 |
27 | 282 |
Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zosima | 285 |
Alyosha | 299 |
A Critical Moment | 309 |
Cana of Galilee | 329 |
Mitya | 334 |
Lyagavy | 342 |
The First and Rightful Lover | 384 |
Delirium | 398 |
The Preliminary Investigation | 411 |
Ivan | 522 |
The Injured Foot | 530 |
A Little Demon | 538 |
A Hymn and a Secret | 544 |
The First Interview with Smerdyakov | 560 |
The Second Visit to Smerdyakov | 568 |
37 | 571 |
The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov | 576 |
The Devil Ivans Nightmare | 589 |
It Was He Who Said That | 605 |
A Judicial Error 1 The Fatal Day | 610 |
Dangerous Witnesses | 615 |
The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts | 623 |
Fortune Smiles on Mitya | 628 |
A Sudden Catastrophe | 636 |
The Prosecutors Speech Sketches of Character | 644 |
A Historical Survey | 652 |
A Treatise on Smerdyakov | 656 |
The Galloping Troika The End of the Prosecutors Speech | 663 |
The Speech for the Defense An Argument That Cuts Both Ways | 673 |
There Was No Money There Was No Robbery | 676 |
And There Was No Murder Either | 681 |
A Corrupter of Thought | 688 |
The Peasants Stand Firm | 694 |
Plans for Mityas Escape | 700 |
For a Moment the Lie Becomes Truth | 704 |
Ilyushas Funeral The Speech at the Stone | 710 |
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