The Brothers Karamazov
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4.1 • 21 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Translated by Constance Garnett. The Brothers Karamazov is the last novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, generally considered the culmination of his life's work. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November of 1880. Dostoevsky intended it to be the first part in an epic story titled The Life of a Great Sinner, but he died fewer than four months after publication.
— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The depth, complexity, and length of what many consider to be Dostoyevski's best work make it one of the hardest classic novels to bring to audio. The philosophical novel/murder mystery set in 19th-century Russia requires a strong and versatile narrator to keep listeners going for the day-and-a-half-plus duration. Thankfully, narrator Constantine Gregory masters the challenge. In doing so, he manages the omniscient third-person narration by using a pleasant mellifluous tone that invites the listener to relax and approach the text patiently and carefully. The novel also features first-person voices from the large cast of characters, such as Father Zosima, who, naturally enough, argues for the existence of a higher power and Gregory is able to imbue those sections with enough individuality to make them as distinct as the author intended.
Customer Reviews
The Brothers Karamazov
I highly recommend this novel to people who look for truth over entertainment and value thought over sensation. The Brothers Karamazov is a story of love and hate, greed and lust. This is a novel of ideas and a panoramic essay on the nature of faith and the human condition. Psychology of all characters is depicted with a great skill. This book will comfort you, will disturb you, will lead to deep introspection, and, most importantly, it will better you. The ideas this book illuminates and questions it raises are universal and relevant to this day.