Books : The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue (Penguin Classics)
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by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.733
EAN: 9780140449242
ISBN: 0140449248
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 960
Publication Date: April 29, 2003
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date: April 29, 2003
Sales Rank: 56197
Studio: Penguin Classics
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Translated with an Introduction by David McDuff.
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Rating:  - I occupy myself with this mystery because I want to be a man
Anyone interested in the central question facing mankind will find `The Brothers Karamazov' an essential guide. That question--on man's capacity for responsibility and the proper role of the state and religion--is posed throughout the story in dialogue and events, and is framed neatly in a 20-page section where Ivan presents a poem titled `The Grand Inquisitor' to his brother Alyosha. The chapter that bears that title (Book V, Chapter V) is a masterpiece in itself and should be studied for its narrative ... Read More
Rating:  - Amazing novel, poor translation.
Firstly, I'm loving the book, for all the reasons already mentioned. But don't get this edition.
I hear many reviews of people saying that they thought the book was difficult to read. True, the story is extremely dense and complex, but after giving up on this translation and turning instead to the Andrew H MacAndrew translation, I can say that it is a LOT better, and whilst only roughly halfway through, this edition is MUCH easier to read, and I no longer see it as a 'slog'.
The ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful, but inferior to Dostoevsky's finest
The culmination of Dostoevsky's thought, this dauntingly large novel contains all aspects of his philosophy. It is, truly, a wonderful, but flawed, novel. Since characters, in my opinion, define any novel, I will focus my review on the characters themselves. Dostoevsky's strength lie here; his plots are fair enough (HINT: they all revolve around murder!), but it is in the men he creates that his strength lies, and in these men that his rightful eminence as one of the greatest novelists of all time rests. ... Read More
Rating: - A story of fraternity and strife...
Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov is a rich, thick, somewhat ponderous piece of literature which tells the tale of three Russian brothers and the circumstances surrounding their father's murder. Fyodor Pavlovitch, a disgraceful wretch, competes with his son, Dmitri Fyodoritch, for the favor of a local girl. The psychopathic Dmitri struggles mightily throughout the tome to vanquish paterfamilias. Alexey, the youngest, is the voice of reason and hope, while Ivan, the enigmatic atheist of the lot remains, ... Read More
Rating: - The last and the greatest of Dostoevsky's novels
This is the last and the greatest of Dostoevsky's novels. It is the story of the family Karamazov who embody within themselves the character and conflicts of human nature as a whole. Each of the family members as Anne Freemantle writes Dostoevsky gave some part of himself, : to Dmitri his sincerity, generosity, and courage; to Ivan his intellectual temptations and pride, his unmentionable secret sins; to Smerdyakov his malady. To the father he gave his own name; and Alyosha is both the innocent child he once ... Read More
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