The Brothers Karamazov
Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
ISBN: 9780140449242
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 05 May 2003
Pages: 1056
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Fyodor DostoyevskyP#39;s powerful meditation on faith, meaning and morality, Plt;iPgt;The Brothers KaramazovPlt;/iPgt; is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff in Penguin Classics.Plt;/bPgt;
When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the familyP#39;s rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, DostoyevskyP#39;s dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyoneP#39;s faith in humanity is tested.
ISBN: 9780140449242
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 05 May 2003
Pages: 1056
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Fyodor DostoyevskyP#39;s powerful meditation on faith, meaning and morality, Plt;iPgt;The Brothers KaramazovPlt;/iPgt; is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff in Penguin Classics.Plt;/bPgt;
When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the familyP#39;s rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, DostoyevskyP#39;s dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyoneP#39;s faith in humanity is tested.
