Paperback

English language

Published July 9, 2005 by Dover Publications.

ISBN:
978-0-486-43791-0
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OCLC Number:
57428823

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4 stars (54 reviews)

Completed only a few months before the author's death, The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoyevsky's largest, most expansive, most life-embracing work. Filled with human passions ― lust, greed, love, jealousy, sorrow, and humor ― the book is also infused with moral issues and the issue of collective guilt. As in many of Dostoyevsky's novels, the plot centers on a murder. Three brothers, different in character but bound by their ancestry, are drawn into the crime's vortex: Dmitri, a young officer utterly unrestrained in love, hatred, jealousy, and generosity; Ivan, an intellectual capable of delivering impromptu disquisitions about good and evil, God, and the devil; and Alyosha, the youngest brother, preternaturally patient, kind, and loving. Part mystery, part profound philosophical and theological debate, The Brothers Karamazov represents the culmination of Dostoyevsky's life's work and ranks among the greatest novels of all time. Reprint of the Constance Garnett translation as published by W. …

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In all honesty, only got through 170 pgs before giving up

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I wanted to finish the book, I wanted to like it. I've never read Dostoevsky before and have had this book on my shelf for years. Well, I tried it...but when the hell was it going to get anywhere?

Now the characters, as far as i could tell, were very distinct and had a lot to them. He spends a lot of time setting up his characters and their backstories so we can understand where they are coming from and all...

And then he jumps into some theological discussion between them that slows things down. I hoped this would be a great book to give me some insight into Russian Orthodoxy and life under it before the revolution, but nope. It practically tried to cram some things down my throat that had very little context.

If I hadn't read the introduction thoroughly before tackling this book, there's no way I …

Uma obra densa demais para os tempos rápidos atuais.

5 stars

Nesse livro Dostoievski me surpreendeu com uma narrativa bem construída, detalhada e rica.

Conheço livros detalhados, no entanto esse me surpreendeu. Quem diria que Ilucha teria papel tão importante? Quem diria que Katalina e Mitya teriam um momento de redenção? Discordo apenas em uma parte do narrador, mas longe de mim querer ditar algo a obra. Aliocha não é o herói aqui, talvez apenas o mais virtuoso. Acho que não há heróis entre os Karamazov.

Review of 'The brothers Karamazov' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I cannot express how much I love the first half of this book. We meet the Karamazovs, in all their absurb, silly glory. They interact with many others who believe themselves to be less absurd and silly, but we, as readers removed from the peculiar town that gossips about them, know better. The second half is, unfortunately, not as charming. Its repetitive and almost dull. However, i should say, that repetitiveness serves a purpose. We are walked through events of a tragic night several times. First by the accused murderer himself, unable to separate himself from his absurd silliness even to save himself. Then we hear from everyone around him. Those who, it could be argued, he deserves love and understanding from. Finally we hear from the authorities. As the town, and we, contemplate these testimonies, reeling from two other less absurd tragedies the town experiencea in this time, the …

Review of 'The Brothers Karamazov' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Written in the final years of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s life (he died four months after it was published), The Brothers Karamazov is probably his most philosophical novel. It tells the story of four very different brothers who all got involved in the murder of their own father. While similarities can be made between this novel and Crime and Punishment as they share similar themes, they are still vastly different. Rather this book deals more with life, death and the meaning of life.

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”

At the start of the novel we meet Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, who fathers three sons during his two marriages and is rumoured for have fathered a fourth illegitimate son. He often makes the list when people talk about ‘the most disgusting characters’ in literature, or similar topics. This forms the basis …

Review of 'Les frères Karamazov' on 'Goodreads'

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Voilà bien 3 semaines que je traîne les Frères Karamazov. Emploi du temps, épaisseur du pavé, autant de facteurs qui ne font que ralentir mon rythme. Mais qu’en est-il de ma motivation ? Cette traduction parues aux éditions Babel nous est présentée d’emblée comme LA traduction, l’ultime et l’idéale, la plus fidèle au texte de Dostoïevski. Soit, je veux bien le croire, le traducteur a du suer sang et eau pour pondre sa version. Malgré tout, on dirait que globalement il en a oublié son français, à force de vouloir coller au texte original. À moins que le russe ne soit pas traduisible. Je ne sais pas. Toujours est-il que des phrases d’un autre monde telles que “brusquement, il se leva, soudain“, ou bien “des regards tendres mais chaleureux“, moi, au bout de 800 pages (sur 1300 environ) je ne peux plus !

Un peu ça va, mais ce style …

Review of 'Brothers Karamazov' on 'Goodreads'

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The record scratched on page 20. Describing a repellent character: "He made the acquaintance at first, in his own words, "of a lot of low Jews, Jewesses, and Jewkins," and ended by being received by "Jews high and low alike." It may be presumed that at this period he developed a peculiar faculty for making and hoarding money."

Based on a Google search, it gets much worse, later presenting the blood libel completely unchallenged by the book's most sympathetic character. I suspect that the presentation of such repellent ideas by otherwise magnificent artists at the turn of the 20th century was not without impact on later real-life events.

My feelings on this beautifully-written book will apparently be complicated.

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  • Fathers and sons -- Fiction
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  • Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction

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