The Brothers Karamazov

<p><strong>Dostoevsky's final novel The Brothers Karamazov is generally considered his masterpiece and is often cited as the greatest novel of all time.</strong></p><p>Set in nineteenth-century Russia it tells the story of three brothers-the spirited Dmitri Ivan the intellectual and Alyosha a devout monk-whose interior worlds collide in the aftermath of their dissolute father's murder.</p><p>In this monumental work which is part philosophy part psychology and part religious devotion that warms as much as it unsettles Dostoevsky employs the full strength of his powers as a writer. He charges the three brothers and dozens of other rich and complex characters with such depth of mind and heart that the life shared among them becomes a veritable cathedral of reflection on the human experience.</p><p>Presented here is the work of prolific translator of Russian literature Constance Garnett whose late-Victorian translations remain both a reliable and eminently readable entry into Dostoevsky for the English-speaking world.</p><p>New edition from Occidental Garage Classics contains:</p><ul><li>background information about contemporary Russia in Dostoevsky's time</li><li>timeline of Dostoevsky's life</li><li>character list for reference</li></ul>