THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

Upon the untimely death of the brutal Fyodor Karamazov a dramatic unravelling ensues. The murder of a man who has lived solely and heedlessly to satiate himself is hardly tragic but proves to alter the lives of his three sons. The passionate and turbulent Dmitris enmity with his father is well-known; the coldly intellectual Ivan realizes that his rationalism has unexpected consequences; the infallible Alyosha strives to keep his faith in the face of conflict. Vastly different yet bound by circumstance each must resolve his culpability in the crime. On the surface the novel grapples with base things; money rivalry and murder. At a deeper level it ponders fundamental questions concerning free will and morality suffering and forgiveness and finally the possibility of redemption in a bleak world. Completed shortly before Dostoyevskys death The Brothers Karamazov is considered to be his richest novel.