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The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that enters deeply into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, and reason, set against a modernizing Russia. Dostoyevsky composed much of the novel in Staraya Russa, which is also the main setting of the novel.

«The Brothers Karamazov», Dostoyevsky's crowning achievement, is a tale of patricide and family rivalry that embodies the moral and spiritual dissolution of an entire society (Russia in the 1870s). It created a national furor comparable only to the excitement stirred by the publication, in 1866, of Crime and Punishment. To Dostoyevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov" captured the quintessence of Russian character in all its exaltation, compassion, and profligacy. Significantly, the book was on Tolstoy's bedside table when he died. Readers in every language have since accepted Dostoyevsky's own evaluation of this work and have gone further by proclaiming it one of the few great novels of all ages and countries. "Dostoyevsky is one who has not only influenced me a lot, but that I have got a great deal of pleasure out of reading." — William Faulkner "Dostoyevsky is the only psychologist from whom I have anything to learn." — Friedrich Nietzsche "‘The Brothers Karamazov’ made a deep impression on me..." — James Joyce "The most magnificent novel ever written." — Sigmund Freud "‘The Brothers Karamazov’ is maybe the greatest novel of all time." — Walker Percy

In an age before psychology was a modern scientific field, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881) was a Russian writer of realist fiction and essays that explored the depths of the human psyche. Known for acclaimed novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky's work discusses the human mind in a world full of political and social upheaval in 19th century Russia, becoming the forerunner of existentialism. The Brothers Karamazov was Dostoevsky's final novel, and considered by many to be his greatest. This edition of the classic is translated by Constance Garnett.

The Brothers Karamazov, completed in November 1880 just two months before Dostoyevsky's death, displays both his mastery as a storyteller and his significance as a thinker. The Brothers Karamazov is an enjoyable and accessible novel. He discusses its major themes, including atheism and belief, the nature of man, socialism and individualism, and the state of European civilization, focusing particularly on those themes of justice, order and disorder, in whose revolutionary treatment he sees the real significance of this literary landmark.

The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in 1880. The plot of the novel revolves around the murder of perhaps one of the most despicable characters ever created, Fyodor Karamazov, the father of the brothers. A passionate philosophical novel that enters deeply into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, and reason, set against a modernizing Russia. Staraya Russa, is the main setting of the novel. It has been acclaimed all over the world by intellectuals as diverse as Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Cormac McCarthy and Kurt Vonnegut as one of the supreme achievements in literature. “A miracle . . . Every page of the new Karamazov is a permanent standard, and an inspiration.” –The Times (London)

Volume 15 of 15 in the complete works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in 1880. The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and considered his greatest work. The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel set in 19th century Russia, that enters deeply into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, and reason, set against a modernizing Russia. Since its publication, it has been acclaimed all over the world by intellectuals as one of the supreme achievements in literature. Reproduced from surviving English sources, the collection of Dostoyevsky's works is simply bound for a clean and attractive appearance on the shelf, with each volume having a maroon red cover and a quote from the book on the back cover.