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The Brothers Karamazov

Name: The Brothers Karamazov
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fiction

Literary Fiction

European Literature

1.3k pages

27h 52m read

A philosophical novel that tells the story of four brothers: the impulsive Dmitri, the rational Ivan, the spiritual Alyosha, and the illegitimate Smerdyakov. When their father is murdered, the brothers' lives and beliefs are put to the test. Through their struggles, the novel explores profound questions about God, free will, morality, and the nature of evil.

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	Chapter I. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov5 pages
	Chapter II. He Gets Rid Of His Eldest Son5 pages
	Chapter III. The Second Marriage And The Second Family10 pages
	Chapter IV. The Third Son, Alyosha13 pages
	Chapter V. Elders14 pages
	Book II. An Unfortunate Gathering7 pages
	Chapter II. The Old Buffoon13 pages
	Chapter III. Peasant Women Who Have Faith12 pages
	Chapter IV. A Lady Of Little Faith12 pages
	Chapter V. So Be It! So Be It!14 pages
	Chapter VI. Why Is Such A Man Alive?15 pages
	Chapter VII. A Young Man Bent On A Career13 pages
	Chapter VIII. The Scandalous Scene13 pages
	Book III. The Sensualists9 pages
	Chapter II. Lizaveta6 pages
	Chapter III. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—In Verse13 pages
	Chapter IV. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—In Anecdote13 pages
	Chapter V. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—“Heels Up”13 pages
	Chapter VI. Smerdyakov8 pages
	Chapter VII. The Controversy8 pages
	Chapter VIII. Over The Brandy11 pages
	Chapter IX. The Sensualists8 pages
	Chapter X. Both Together17 pages
	Chapter XI. Another Reputation Ruined12 pages
	PART II16 pages
	Chapter II. At His Father’s8 pages
	Chapter III. A Meeting With The Schoolboys7 pages
	Chapter IV. At The Hohlakovs’9 pages
	Chapter V. A Laceration In The Drawing‐Room17 pages
	Chapter VI. A Laceration In The Cottage13 pages
	Chapter VII. And In The Open Air16 pages
	Book V. Pro And Contra17 pages
	Chapter II. Smerdyakov With A Guitar10 pages
	Chapter III. The Brothers Make Friends14 pages
	Chapter IV. Rebellion18 pages
	Chapter V. The Grand Inquisitor34 pages
	Chapter VI. For Awhile A Very Obscure One16 pages
	Chapter VII. “It’s Always Worth While Speaking To A Clever Man”13 pages
	Book VI. The Russian Monk24 pages
	Chapter II. The Duel34 pages
	Chapter III. Conversations And Exhortations Of Father Zossima23 pages
	PART III19 pages
	Chapter II. A Critical Moment9 pages
	Chapter III. An Onion29 pages
	Chapter IV. Cana Of Galilee8 pages
	Book VIII. Mitya18 pages
	Chapter II. Lyagavy11 pages
	Chapter III. Gold‐Mines18 pages
	Chapter IV. In The Dark9 pages
	Chapter V. A Sudden Resolution23 pages
	Chapter VI. “I Am Coming, Too!”12 pages
	Chapter VII. The First And Rightful Lover24 pages
	Chapter VIII. Delirium21 pages
	Book IX. The Preliminary Investigation11 pages
	Chapter II. The Alarm10 pages
	Chapter III. The Sufferings Of A Soul, The First Ordeal13 pages
	Chapter IV. The Second Ordeal11 pages
	Chapter V. The Third Ordeal17 pages
	Chapter VI. The Prosecutor Catches Mitya12 pages
	Chapter VII. Mitya’s Great Secret. Received With Hisses18 pages
	Chapter VIII. The Evidence Of The Witnesses. The Babe15 pages
	Chapter IX. They Carry Mitya Away6 pages
	PART IV9 pages
	Chapter II. Children9 pages
	Chapter III. The Schoolboy11 pages
	Chapter IV. The Lost Dog12 pages
	Chapter V. By Ilusha’s Bedside25 pages
	Chapter VI. Precocity10 pages
	Chapter VII. Ilusha6 pages
	Book XI. Ivan15 pages
	Chapter II. The Injured Foot16 pages
	Chapter III. A Little Demon10 pages
	Chapter IV. A Hymn And A Secret22 pages
	Chapter V. Not You, Not You!9 pages
	Chapter VI. The First Interview With Smerdyakov15 pages
	Chapter VII. The Second Visit To Smerdyakov14 pages
	Chapter VIII. The Third And Last Interview With Smerdyakov24 pages
	Chapter IX. The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare29 pages
	Chapter X. “It Was He Who Said That”9 pages
	Book XII. A Judicial Error11 pages
	Chapter II. Dangerous Witnesses14 pages
	Chapter III. The Medical Experts And A Pound Of Nuts9 pages
	Chapter IV. Fortune Smiles On Mitya15 pages
	Chapter V. A Sudden Catastrophe15 pages
	Chapter VI. The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches Of Character15 pages
	Chapter VII. An Historical Survey8 pages
	Chapter VIII. A Treatise On Smerdyakov15 pages
	Chapter IX. The Galloping Troika. The End Of The Prosecutor’s Speech.17 pages
	Chapter X. The Speech For The Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways7 pages
	Chapter XI. There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery11 pages
	Chapter XII. And There Was No Murder Either13 pages
	Chapter XIII. A Corrupter Of Thought13 pages
	Chapter XIV. The Peasants Stand Firm10 pages
	EPILOGUE9 pages
	Chapter II. For A Moment The Lie Becomes Truth12 pages
	Chapter III. Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech At The Stone15 pages