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The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Translated by Constance Garnett

BOOK TYPE
Novel
READING TIME
About 29.2 hours
WORDS
349,853
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A dispute over inheritance between father and son escalates into a family feud.

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Epigraph
  4. The Brothers Karamazov
    1. Part I
      1. Book I: The History of a Family
        1. I: Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
        2. II: He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son
        3. III: The Second Marriage and the Second Family
        4. IV: The Third Son, Alyosha
        5. V: Elders
      2. Book II: An Unfortunate Gathering
        1. I: They Arrive at the Monastery
        2. II: The Old Buffoon
        3. III: Peasant Women Who Have Faith
        4. IV: A Lady of Little Faith
        5. V: So Be It! So Be It!
        6. VI: Why Is Such a Man Alive?
        7. VII: A Young Man Bent on a Career
        8. VIII: The Scandalous Scene
      3. Book III: The Sensualists
        1. I: In the Servants’ Quarters
        2. II: Lizaveta
        3. III: The Confession of a Passionate Heart—In Verse
        4. IV: The Confession of a Passionate Heart—In Anecdote
        5. V: The Confession of a Passionate Heart—“Heels Up”
        6. VI: Smerdyakov
        7. VII: The Controversy
        8. VIII: Over the Brandy
        9. IX: The Sensualists
        10. X: Both Together
        11. XI: Another Reputation Ruined
    2. Part II
      1. Book IV: Lacerations
        1. I: Father Ferapont
        2. II: At His Father’s
        3. III: A Meeting with the Schoolboys
        4. IV: At the Hohlakovs’
        5. V: A Laceration in the Drawing-Room
        6. VI: A Laceration in the Cottage
        7. VII: And in the Open Air
      2. Book V: Pro and Contra
        1. I: The Engagement
        2. II: Smerdyakov with a Guitar
        3. III: The Brothers Make Friends
        4. IV: Rebellion
        5. V: The Grand Inquisitor
        6. VI: For Awhile a Very Obscure One
        7. VII: “It’s Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man”
      3. Book VI: The Russian Monk
        1. I: Father Zossima and His Visitors
        2. II: The Duel
        3. III: Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima
    3. Part III
      1. Book VII: Alyosha
        1. I: The Breath of Corruption
        2. II: A Critical Moment
        3. III: An Onion
        4. IV: Cana of Galilee
      2. Book VIII: Mitya
        1. I: Kuzma Samsonov
        2. II: Lyagavy
        3. III: Goldmines
        4. IV: In the Dark
        5. V: A Sudden Resolution
        6. VI: “I Am Coming, Too!”
        7. VII: The First and Rightful Lover
        8. VIII: Delirium
      3. Book IX: The Preliminary Investigation
        1. I: The Beginning of Perhotin’s Official Career
        2. II: The Alarm
        3. III: The Sufferings of a Soul, the First Ordeal
        4. IV: The Second Ordeal
        5. V: The Third Ordeal
        6. VI: The Prosecutor Catches Mitya
        7. VII: Mitya’s Great Secret. Received with Hisses
        8. VIII: The Evidence of the Witnesses. The Babe
        9. IX: They Carry Mitya Away
    4. Part IV
      1. Book X: The Boys
        1. I: Kolya Krassotkin
        2. II: Children
        3. III: The Schoolboy
        4. IV: The Lost Dog
        5. V: By Ilusha’s Bedside
        6. VI: Precocity
        7. VII: Ilusha
      2. Book XI: Ivan
        1. I: At Grushenka’s
        2. II: The Injured Foot
        3. III: A Little Demon
        4. IV: A Hymn and a Secret
        5. V: Not You, Not You!
        6. VI: The First Interview with Smerdyakov
        7. VII: The Second Visit to Smerdyakov
        8. VIII: The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov
        9. IX: The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare
        10. X: “It Was He Who Said That”
      3. Book XII: A Judicial Error
        1. I: The Fatal Day
        2. II: Dangerous Witnesses
        3. III: The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts
        4. IV: Fortune Smiles on Mitya
        5. V: A Sudden Catastrophe
        6. VI: The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches of Character
        7. VII: An Historical Survey
        8. VIII: A Treatise on Smerdyakov
        9. IX: The Galloping Troika. The End of the Prosecutor’s Speech
        10. X: The Speech for the Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways
        11. XI: There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
        12. XII: And There Was No Murder Either
        13. XIII: A Corrupter of Thought
        14. XIV: The Peasants Stand Firm
    5. Epilogue
      1. I: Plans for Mitya’s Escape
      2. II: For a Moment the Lie Becomes Truth
      3. III: Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech at the Stone
  5. Endnotes
  6. Colophon
  7. Uncopyright

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SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2019-02-05
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-08-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
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  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky (aut)
  • Constance Garnett (ann, trl)
  • Francisco de Zurbarán (art)
  • David Edwards (trc)
  • David King (trc)
  • Distributed Proofreaders (trc)
  • Robin Whittleton (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
  • Alex Cabal (pfr)
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