Brothers Karamazov (Volumes 1 & 2)

Author: Dostoevsky
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book is the last novel of the great Russian writer Dostoevsky and one of his most important representative works. The author uses the tragic murder of a father as the main plot, portraying the typical images of the old Karamazov and his several sons. In a small town, the father and the eldest son Mitka fight over a common mistress, and they become enemies due to property disputes. The illegitimate son of the old man, Smelkakov, influenced by his second son Ivan's extreme selfish philosophy that "one can do whatever one wants," and because he is humiliated, he kills his father by taking advantage of the conflict between the father and the eldest son. The eldest son Mitka is suspected and imprisoned; the second son Ivan is filled with guilt and madness; Smelkakov also commits suicide due to mental collapse; only the innocent and kind youngest son Alyosha remains, who has a loving heart toward everyone. He is unwilling to stay alone in his hometown and leaves. The Karamazov family finally ceases to exist.