The Brothers Karamazov

Unabridged Edition

Dostoevsky Fyodor, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Garnett Constance, Garnett Constance, Constance Garnett

• Publisher: Cactus
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9791256790883
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Russian Literature
• Index: Literature

No term of comparison is too great for Dostoyevsky's work: the tragedy of Karamazov is not inferior to the events of Orestes, to Homer's epic, to the works of Goethe. On the contrary, these works are all simpler, flatter, less rich in knowledge. A century and a half after its publication, the literary power of The Brothers Karamazov has not waned. Even today, by witnessing modern literature's most famous parricide and following his trial, we are compelled to descend into the most uncomfortable depths of the human soul, to question the worst instincts of the individual and of society, on a journey where reality and nightmare do not always have well-defined borders, where tragedy mixes with farce, and where despair is condemned to nurture a flame of hope, however tenuous.

Table of contents

• By the same author in the Cactus catalogue:
• PART I
• Book I. The History Of A Family
• Chapter I. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
• Chapter II. He Gets Rid Of His Eldest Son
• Chapter III. The Second Marriage And The Second Family
• Chapter IV. The Third Son, Alyosha
• Chapter V. Elders
• Book II. An Unfortunate Gathering
• Chapter I. They Arrive At The Monastery
• Chapter II. The Old Buffoon
• Chapter III. Peasant Women Who Have Faith
• Chapter IV. A Lady Of Little Faith
• Chapter V. So Be It! So Be It!
• Chapter VI. Why Is Such A Man Alive?
• Chapter VII. A Young Man Bent On A Career
• Chapter VIII. The Scandalous Scene
• Book III. The Sensualists
• Chapter I. In The Servants’ Quarters
• Chapter II. Lizaveta
• Chapter III. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—In Verse
• Chapter IV. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—In Anecdote
• Chapter V. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—"Heels Up"
• Chapter VI. Smerdyakov
• Chapter VII. The Controversy
• Chapter VIII. Over The Brandy
• Chapter IX. The Sensualists
• Chapter X. Both Together
• Chapter XI. Another Reputation Ruined
• PART II
• Book IV. Lacerations
• Chapter I. Father Ferapont
• Chapter II. At His Father’s
• Chapter III. A Meeting With The Schoolboys
• Chapter IV. At The Hohlakovs’
• Chapter V. A Laceration In The Drawing‐Room
• Chapter VI. A Laceration In The Cottage
• Chapter VII. And In The Open Air
• Book V. Pro And Contra
• Chapter I. The Engagement
• Chapter II. Smerdyakov With A Guitar
• Chapter III. The Brothers Make Friends
• Chapter IV. Rebellion
• Chapter V. The Grand Inquisitor
• Chapter VI. For Awhile A Very Obscure One
• Chapter VII. “It’s Always Worth While Speaking To A Clever Man”
• Book VI. The Russian Monk
• Chapter I. Father Zossima And His Visitors
• Chapter II. The Duel
• Chapter III. Conversations And Exhortations Of Father Zossima
• PART III
• Book VII. Alyosha
• Chapter I. The Breath Of Corruption
• Chapter II. A Critical Moment
• Chapter III. An Onion
• Chapter IV. Cana Of Galilee
• Book VIII. Mitya
• Chapter I. Kuzma Samsonov
• Chapter II. Lyagavy
• Chapter III. Gold‐Mines
• Chapter IV. In The Dark
• Chapter V. A Sudden Resolution
• Chapter VI. “I Am Coming, Too!”
• Chapter VII. The First And Rightful Lover
• Chapter VIII. Delirium
• Book IX. The Preliminary Investigation
• Chapter I. The Beginning Of Perhotin’s Official Career
• Chapter II. The Alarm
• Chapter III. The Sufferings Of A Soul, The First Ordeal
• Chapter IV. The Second Ordeal
• Chapter V. The Third Ordeal
• Chapter VI. The Prosecutor Catches Mitya
• Chapter VII. Mitya’s Great Secret. Received With Hisses
• Chapter VIII. The Evidence Of The Witnesses. The Babe
• Chapter IX. They Carry Mitya Away
• PART IV
• Book X. The Boys
• Chapter I. Kolya Krassotkin
• Chapter II. Children
• Chapter III. The Schoolboy
• Chapter IV. The Lost Dog
• Chapter V. By Ilusha’s Bedside
• Chapter VI. Precocity
• Chapter VII. Ilusha
• Book XI. Ivan
• Chapter I. At Grushenka’s
• Chapter II. The Injured Foot
• Chapter III. A Little Demon
• Chapter IV. A Hymn And A Secret
• Chapter V. Not You, Not You!
• Chapter VI. The First Interview With Smerdyakov
• Chapter VII. The Second Visit To Smerdyakov
• Chapter VIII. The Third And Last Interview With Smerdyakov
• Chapter IX. The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare
• Chapter X. “It Was He Who Said That”
• Book XII. A Judicial Error
• Chapter I. The Fatal Day
• Chapter II. Dangerous Witnesses
• Chapter III. The Medical Experts And A Pound Of Nuts
• Chapter IV. Fortune Smiles On Mitya
• Chapter V. A Sudden Catastrophe
• Chapter VI. The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches Of Character
• Chapter VII. An Historical Survey
• Chapter VIII. A Treatise On Smerdyakov
• Chapter IX. The Galloping Troika. The End Of The Prosecutor’s Speech.
• Chapter X. The Speech For The Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways
• Chapter XI. There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
• Chapter XII. And There Was No Murder Either
• Chapter XIII. A Corrupter Of Thought
• Chapter XIV. The Peasants Stand Firm
• EPILOGUE
• Chapter I. Plans For Mitya’s Escape
• Chapter II. For A Moment The Lie Becomes Truth
• Chapter III. Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech At The Stone
• FOOTNOTES