Brothers Karamazov -- Works of Dostoevsky

Author: F.M. Dostoevsky () (translated by Rong Rude)
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: The Brothers Karamazov is one of the representative works of the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky in the 19th century. Through a real case of patricide, the novel depicts the sharp conflict between the elderly Karamazov and his three sons, spanning two generations. The old Karamazov is greedy, lustful, and monopolizes the inheritance left to his sons by his wife, while he also competes with his eldest son, Dmitri, over a woman of easy virtue. One night, suspecting his lover of meeting the old man, Dmitri breaks into the house in a rage and nearly kills him. Fleeing in panic, he hides in the shadows of his illegitimate son, Smerdyakov, who was secretly ill, and kills the old man, resulting in a shocking and mysterious bloodshed thats the entire Russian Empire. This triggers a series of thrilling events. The work showcases a complex social, family, moral, and human tragedy, reflecting the writer's highest artistic achievement in his lifetime.