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The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky

posted Mar 11, 2014, 6:33 PM by Administrator Admin   [ updated Mar 11, 2014, 6:33 PM ]



 
Abstract:
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. Dostoyevsky composed much of the novel in Staraya Russa, which inspired the main setting. Since its publication, it has been acclaimed as one of the supreme achievements in literature.






Publisher:
Bantam Classic



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