The Brothers Karamazov

Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky · Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

A murder mystery entwines with family drama and love rivalries, challenging Russian society's core.

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In a tale of murder and moral conflict, the Karamazov brothers—impulsive Dmitri, rational Ivan, and spiritual Alyosha—navigate a web of family betrayal and love triangles. As their father's murder looms, each brother faces a personal crisis, challenging their beliefs and relationships. Set against the backdrop of a changing Russia, this gripping drama explores the depths of human nature and the struggle between faith and reason. Will the truth behind the murder unravel their family, or will it bring them closer to understanding themselves and their world?

From the publisher

Winner of the Pen/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation PrizeThe award-winning translation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel of psychological realism. The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons–the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, its social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture. This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal inventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.

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