The Brothers Karamazov

Dostoevsky's final novel, The Brothers Karamazov, is generally considered his masterpiece, and is often cited as the greatest novel of all time.

Set in nineteenth-century Russia, it tells the story of three brothers-the spirited Dmitri, Ivan the intellectual, and Alyosha, a devout monk-whose interior worlds collide in the aftermath of their dissolute father's murder.

In this monumental work, which is part philosophy, part psychology, and part religious devotion that warms as much as it unsettles, Dostoevsky employs the full strength of his powers as a writer. He charges the three brothers, and dozens of other rich and complex characters, with such depth of mind and heart that the life shared among them becomes a veritable cathedral of reflection on the human experience.

Presented here is the work of prolific translator of Russian literature Constance Garnett, whose late-Victorian translations remain both a reliable and eminently readable entry into Dostoevsky for the English-speaking world.

New edition from Occidental Garage Classics contains:

• background information about contemporary Russia in Dostoevsky's time
• timeline of Dostoevsky's life
• character list for reference