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The Brothers Karamazov

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
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A deep, complex examination of the crucial philosophical questions of human existence, from one of the world's most renowned novelists, now in the beautifully designed Penguin Clothbound series. The Brothers Karamazov states, "The mystery of human existence lies not in staying alive, but in finding something... Read More
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The Brothers Karamazov

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A deep, complex examination of the crucial philosophical questions of human existence, from one of the world's most renowned novelists, now in the beautifully designed Penguin Clothbound series.

The Brothers Karamazov states, "The mystery of human existence lies not in staying alive, but in finding something to live for."

The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, driven to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother, Smerdyakov.

Dostoyevsky's dark masterwork evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur, and everyone's faith in humanity is tested.

Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241655566

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 January 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by David McDuff
  • Translated by David McDuff
  • Introduction by David McDuff
  • Notes by David McDuff

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 50.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 941g

Pages: 1056

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Fiction Fyodor Dostoyevsky General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

About the Author

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author) Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. His debut, the epistolary novella Poor Folk(1846), made his name. In 1849 he was arrested for involvement with the politically subversive 'Petrashevsky circle' and until 1854 he lived in a convict prison in Omsk, Siberia. From this experience came The House of the Dead (1860-2). In 1860 he began the journal Vremya (Time). Already married, he fell in love with one of his contributors, Appollinaria Suslova, eighteen years his junior, and developed a ruinous passion for roulette. After the death of his first wife, Maria, in 1864, Dostoyevsky completed Notes from Underground and began work towards Crime and Punishment (1866). The major novels of his late period are The Idiot (1868), Demons(1871-2) and The Brothers Karamazov (1879-80). He died in 1881. David McDuff (Introducer, Translator) David McDuff's translations for Penguin Classics include Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot, and Babel's short stories.

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