The Brothers Karamazov [electronic resource]
Fyodor Dostoevsky2012
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The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's crowning achievement, is a tale of
patricide and family rivalry that embodies the moral and spiritual dissolution
of an entire society (Russia in the 1870s). It created a national furor
comparable only to the excitement stirred by the publication, in 1866, of Crime
and Punishment. To Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov captured the quintessence
of Russian character in all its exaltation, compassion, and profligacy.
Significantly, the book was on Tolstoy's bedside table when he died. Readers in
every language have since accepted Dostoevsky's own evaluation of this work and
have gone further by proclaiming it one of the few great novels of all ages and
countries.
"The Brothers Karamazov stands as the culmination of Dostoevsky's art-his last,
longest, richest, and most capacious book," said The Washington Post Book World.
"Nothing is outside Dostoevsky's province," observed Virginia Woolf. "Out of
Shakespeare there is no more exciting ...
Main title:
The Brothers Karamazov [electronic resource] / Fyodor Dostoevsky
Author:
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Modern Library, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (912 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780307817013
Language:
English
BRN:
436506
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