Brothers Karamazov

Author: (Russian) Dostoevsky
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Publish Date: 2006-08-11
Features: Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a famous Russian writer of the 19th century. The Brothers Karamazov is one of his masterpieces. The novel depicts a sharp conflict between the elderly Karamazov and his three sons, spanning two generations, based on a real case of patricide. The old Karamazov is greedy, lustful, and hoards the inheritance left to his sons by his wife, while he also competes with his eldest son, Dmitri, over a flirtatious woman. One night, suspecting his lover was meeting the old man, Dmitri breaks into the house and, in a fit of rage, nearly kills him. Fleeing in panic, he hides, and the illegitimate son of the secretly ill old Karamazov, Smerdyakov, quietly kills the old man, resulting in a shocking and mysterious bloodshed thats the entire Russian nation and triggers a series of thrilling events. The work showcases a complex social, family, moral, and human tragedy theme, reflecting the writer's highest artistic achievement in his lifetime.