Title: The Brothers Karamazov

By Fydor Dostoevsky

Publishing Info: -

Genre: Novel

Sub-genre: A novel of ideas

Nationality: Russian

Time Period: 19th Century

First and Last Read by Dr. Rearick Jan-Feb. 2001 / Jan. 2008

Rated: A-

Used for: ENG3113 - World Literature II

Location: Rearick library and E-text is available

Scripture which comes to mind:

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die,
it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." -
(John 12:24: KJV)

Comments: If one is looking for high adventure, this is NOT the book to pull down.  Instead this is a work filled with important ideas.  Keeping the names of characters in this work can be difficult.  Follow this link for a quick view or travel to the excellent site of InstantKnowledge.com Seek. Find. - The Brothers...  (listed below) for the original text as well as other valuable data. 

One of the difficult qualities about this novel is that in Russia is was common for individuals to have not only a formal name but also a range of nicknames.  Follow this link to view the most important.

The online text which this page links to has some commentary at the bottom of each chapter and there are sound files for about half the novel from Librivox.

Some On Line Links