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The Brothers Karamazov (version 3)

The Brothers Karamazov (version 3)

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Number of Chapters: 96

Length: 39 hours and 37 minutes

Language: English

Originally published in serial form in 1879-80, “The Brothers Karamazov” is recognized as one of the very greatest masterpieces of world literature. It is the last and finest novel of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who died before writing a planned sequel.

The story is organized initially around the efforts of adult sons to deal with their cantankerous and exasperating father. More important, they also have to deal with the problem of how to live in a world where it is difficult to be sure of the truth — whether that be “truth” about others, about oneself, or about deep questions such as faith, doubt, free will, guilt, and responsibility.

Dostoyevsky’s technique underlines the difficulty of attaining sure knowledge. The novel’s psychological and philosophical depth sets the stage for modern novelists such as Joyce, Kafka, and Woolf. “The Brothers Karamazov” has been a favorite book for readers as diverse as Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Putin, and Hillary Clinton. - Summary by Bruce Pirie

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01.01 Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov (Bruce Pirie)
01.02 He gets rid of his oldest son (Bruce Pirie)
01.03 The second marriage and the second family (Bruce Pirie)
01.04 The third son, Alyosha (Bruce Pirie)
01.05 Elders (Bruce Pirie)
02.01 They arrive at the monastery (Bruce Pirie)
02.02 The old buffoon (Bruce Pirie)
02.03 Peasant women who have faith (Bruce Pirie)
02.04 A lady of little faith (Bruce Pirie)
02.05 So be it! So be it! (Bruce Pirie)
02.06 Why is such a man alive? (Bruce Pirie)
02.07 A young man bent on a career (Bruce Pirie)
02.08 The scandalous scene (Bruce Pirie)
03.01 In the servants' quarters (Bruce Pirie)
03.02 Lizaveta (Bruce Pirie)
03.03 The confession of a passionate heart — in verse (Bruce Pirie)
03.04 The confession of a passionate heart — in anecdote (Bruce Pirie)
03.05 The confession of a passionate heart — ''Heels up'' (Bruce Pirie)
03.06 Smerdyakov (Bruce Pirie)
03.07 The controversy (Bruce Pirie)
03.08 Over the brandy (Bruce Pirie)
03.09 The sensualists (Bruce Pirie)
03.10 Both together (Bruce Pirie)
03.11 Another reputation ruined (Bruce Pirie)
04.01 Father Ferapont (Bruce Pirie)
04.02 At his father's (Bruce Pirie)
04.03 A meeting with the schooboys (Bruce Pirie)
04.04 At the Hohlakovs' (Bruce Pirie)
04.05 A laceration in the drawing-room (Bruce Pirie)
04.06 A laceration in the cottage (Bruce Pirie)
04.07 And in the open air (Bruce Pirie)
05.01 The engagement (Bruce Pirie)
05.02 Smerdyakov with a guitar (Bruce Pirie)
05.03 The bothers make friends (Bruce Pirie)
05.04 Rebellion (Bruce Pirie)
05.05 The Grand Inquisitor (Bruce Pirie)
05.06 For awhile a very obscure one (Bruce Pirie)
05.07 ''It's always worth while speaking to a clever man'' (Bruce Pirie)
06.01 Father Zossima and his visitors (Bruce Pirie)
06.02 The duel (Bruce Pirie)
06.03 Conversations and exhortations of Father Zossima (Bruce Pirie)
07.01 The breath of corruption (Bruce Pirie)
07.02 A critical moment (Bruce Pirie)
07.03 An onion (Bruce Pirie)
07.04 Cana of Galilee (Bruce Pirie)
08.01 Kuzma Samsonov (Bruce Pirie)
08.02 Lyagavy (Bruce Pirie)
08.03 Gold-mines (Bruce Pirie)
08.04 In the dark (Bruce Pirie)
08.05 A sudden resolution (Bruce Pirie)
08.06 ''I am coming, too!'' (Bruce Pirie)
08.07 The first and rightful lover (Bruce Pirie)
08.08 Delirium (Bruce Pirie)
09.01 The beginning of Perhotin's official career (Bruce Pirie)
09.02 The alarm (Bruce Pirie)
09.03 The sufferings of a soul, the first ordeal (Bruce Pirie)
09.04 The second ordeal (Bruce Pirie)
09.05 The third ordeal (Bruce Pirie)
09.06 The prosecutor catches Mitya (Bruce Pirie)
09.07 Mitya's great secret. Received with hisses (Bruce Pirie)
09.08 The evidence of the witnesses. The babe (Bruce Pirie)
09.09 They carry Mitya away (Bruce Pirie)
10.01 Kolya Krassotkin (Bruce Pirie)
10.02 Children (Bruce Pirie)
10.03 The schoolboy (Bruce Pirie)
10.04 The lost dog (Bruce Pirie)
10.05 By Ilusha's bedside (Bruce Pirie)
10.06 Precocity (Bruce Pirie)
10.07 Ilusha (Bruce Pirie)
11.01 At Grushenka's (Bruce Pirie)
11.02 The injured foot (Bruce Pirie)
11.03 A little demon (Bruce Pirie)
11.04 A hymn and a secret (Bruce Pirie)
11.05 Not you, not you! (Bruce Pirie)
11.06 The first interview with Smerdyakov (Bruce Pirie)
11.07 The second visit to Smeryakov (Bruce Pirie)
11.08 The third and last interview with Smerdyakov (Bruce Pirie)
11.09 The devil. Ivan's nightmare (Bruce Pirie)
11.10 ''It was he who said that'' (Bruce Pirie)
12.01 The fatal day (Bruce Pirie)
12.02 Dangerous witnesses (Bruce Pirie)
12.03 The medical experts and a pound of nuts (Bruce Pirie)
12.04 Fortune smiles on Mitya (Bruce Pirie)
12.05 A sudden catastrophe (Bruce Pirie)
12.06 The prosecutor's speech. Sketches of character (Bruce Pirie)
12.07 An historical survey (Bruce Pirie)
12.08 A treatise on Smerdyakov (Bruce Pirie)
12.09 The galloping troika. The end of the prosecutor's speech (Bruce Pirie)
12.10 The speech for the defense. An argument that cuts both ways (Bruce Pirie)
12.11 There was no money. There was no robbery (Bruce Pirie)
12.12 And there was no murder either (Bruce Pirie)
12.13 A corrupter of thought (Bruce Pirie)
12.14 The peasants stand firm (Bruce Pirie)
Ep.1 Plans for Mitya's escape (Bruce Pirie)
Ep.2 For a moment the lie becomes truth (Bruce Pirie)
Ep.3 Ilusha's funeral. The speech at the stone (Bruce Pirie)
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