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by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Philosophical fiction Psychological fiction Mystery Faith vs. Doubt The Nature of Free Will The Search for Moral Justice The Complexity of Truth Family Dynamics
The Brothers Karamazov is a philosophical and psychological novel written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and originally published in 1880, being the last novel published by the writer.
Set in 19th century Russia, the novel deals with ethical debates about the figure of God, free will or morality, presenting a series of moral struggles in the midst of a modernizing Russia.
The novel narrates the murder case of old Karamazov, father of four neglected children, and all the related criminal process.
The first suspicions point to Dmitri, the only son from his father's first marriage, since everything points to him being the murderer motivated by jealousy. He will be helped by his brothers the days before the trial to defend his innocence.
The novel has great psychological ambiguity and not only develops its own characters, but is a masterful reflection of the Russian society of the time. The characters act to the moral and psychological limit and the story delves into the concept of evil and its nature.
This digital edition of the book The Brothers Karamazov is based on Constance Garnett's translation.
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WHY READ THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV IN 2025?
145 years later, still timelyA family quarrel becomes an inquiry into freedom, responsibility, and belief. "The Brothers Karamazov" is a giant of conversations—taverns, cells, kitchens—where arguments feel lived, not staged. It is generous to doubt and strict about consequences. Long, yes; but it teaches how to think without losing heart.
For polarized debates, the novel offers patience and depth. It stages faith, skepticism, and justice without reducing anyone to a straw figure. Courtroom scenes and private confessions test what words are worth. You finish willing to ask better questions and to carry their weight.
Dialogues as arenas
Ideas fight fair across scenes and voices. No single perspective owns the truth.
Case and conscience
Investigation frames moral inquiry. Evidence and motive keep shifting under light.
Family as laboratory
Love, resentment, and duty collide. Philosophy stays attached to people.
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Psychological depth and moral crisis under pressure; fiction that tests conscience, freedom, and society.
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People talk sometimes of bestial cruelty, but that’s a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as man, so artistically cruel.
This is something about which You were right. For the mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. Without a concrete idea of what he is living for, man would refuse to live, would rather exterminate himself than remain on this earth, even if bread were scattered all around him.
As a general rule, people, even the wicked, are much more naïve and simple-hearted than we suppose. And we ourselves are, too.