Three very different brothers and their awful father are drawn into a murder
What it is about
Fyodor Karamazov is a greedy, selfish landowner whose three legitimate sons, Dmitri, Ivan and Alyosha, are very unlike each other. A bitter rivalry over money and a woman leads to the father’s murder. The novel uses the crime to ask large questions about faith, doubt and free will.
Who will enjoy it
Readers ready for a long classic about big ideas.
What you will get
A towering novel that rewards patience. It was Dostoevsky’s last, published in 1880, and he died soon after.
The Brothers Karamazov Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Classics · Faith · Family · Murder trial
Length
800 pages · ≈ 23 h
More about this book
Characters
The Karamazov brothers and the people who surround them.
Setting
A provincial town in nineteenth-century Russia.
What makes it different
A family story and courtroom drama that also contains famous philosophical arguments.
Feel
Dense, passionate and moving.
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