The Brothers Karamazov
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The Brothers Karamazov

By Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Michael Caine
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Length38h 16m

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"The Brothers Karamazov", the final novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, was first published as Bratya Karamazovy in 1879–80 and generally considered to be his masterpiece.   Like "Crime and Punishment", "The Brothers Karamazov" revolves around a murder. Fyodor Karamazov, a corrupt provincial landowner and businessman, has fathered four sons: Dmitri, an army officer, by his first wife; Ivan, a teacher and scholar, by his second wife; Alyosha, a monk in training, also by his second wife; and Smerdyakov, an epileptic servant in his household and his illegitimate child by a retarded local girl. Fyodor is murdered by Smerdyakov, but Dmitri’s freewheeling anger and violence make him the suspect. After his arrest, a spectacular trial is held. The prosecution builds a solid case, and Dmitri is found guilty and sent to Siberia. Ivan learns that Smerdyakov is the real murderer, but, since nothing can be proved, Dmitri must suffer the consequences of the deed to the end. Ivan has a nervous breakdown, Smerdyakov commits suicide, and Alyosha goes to Siberia to offer what comfort he can to his brother. "The Brothers Karamazov" is a novel with a simple plot about a murder, and a complex discussion of faith, doubt, and morality.

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Young Adult
Length38 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 10, 2019
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PART 1
2BOOK 1. THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY
3Chapter 1. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
4Chapter 2. He Gets Rid Of His Eldest Son
5Chapter 3. The Second Marriage And The Second Family
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6Chapter 4. The Third Son, Alyosha
7Chapter 5. Elders
8BOOK 2. AN UNFORTUNATE GATHERING
9Chapter 1. They Arrive At The Monastery
10Chapter 2. The Old Buffoon
11Chapter 3. Peasant Women Who Have Faith
12Chapter 4. A Lady Of Little Faith
13Chapter 5. So Be It! So Be It!
14Chapter 6. Why Is Such A Man Alive?
15Chapter 7. A Young Man Bent On A Career
16Chapter 8. The Scandalous Scene
17BOOK 3. THE SENSUALISTS
18Chapter 1. In the Servants’ Quarters
19Chapter 2. Lizaveta
20Chapter 3. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart — In Verse
21Chapter 4. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart — In Anecdote
22Chapter 5. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart — “Heels Up”
23Chapter 6. Smerdyakov
24Chapter 7. The Controversy
25Chapter 8. Over The Brandy
26Chapter 9. The Sensualists
27Chapter 10. Both Together
28Chapter 11. Another Reputation Ruined
29PART 2
30BOOK 4. LACERATIONS
31Chapter 1. Father Ferapont
32Chapter 2. At His Father’s
33Chapter 3. A Meeting With The Schoolboys
34Chapter 4. At The Hohlakovs’
35Chapter 5. A Laceration In The Drawing-Room
36Chapter 6. A Laceration In The Cottage
37Chapter 7. And In The Open Air
38BOOK 5. PRO AND CONTRA
39Chapter 1. The Engagement
40Chapter 2. Smerdyakov With A Guitar
41Chapter 3. The Brothers Make Friends
42Chapter 4. Rebellion
43Chapter 5. The Grand Inquisitor
44Chapter 6. For Awhile A Very Obscure One
45Chapter 7. “It’s Always Worth While Speaking To A Clever Man”
46BOOK 6. THE RUSSIAN MONK
47Chapter 1. Father Zossima And His Visitors
48Chapter 2. Notes Of The Life Of The Deceased Priest And Monk, The Elder Zossima, Taken From His Own Words By Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov
49Chapter 3. Conversations And Exhortations Of Father Zossima
50PART 3

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