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The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction349K words~23h 18m read105 chapters1879

A masterpiece of Russian literature that explores faith, morality, and the human condition through the lives of three brothers—Dmitri the sensualist, Ivan the intellectual doubter, and Alyosha the spiritual idealist. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century Russia, this epic novel grapples with some of humanity's deepest questions about suffering, redemption, and the existence of God.

The Brothers Karamazov stands as one of literature's greatest achievements—a profound meditation on faith and doubt, passion and reason, love and cruelty. Through the interconnected lives of the Karamazov brothers and their circle, Dostoevsky creates a universe of extraordinary psychological and moral complexity. Dmitri, the eldest, is driven by sensual appetite and finds himself falsely accused of his father's murder. Ivan, the intellectual, wages war against divine justice through his famous 'Grand Inquisitor' argument. Young Alyosha, a monk-in-training, embodies Christian love and forgiveness. Their spiritual journey becomes our own as the novel probes the limits of human reason and the redemptive power of faith, suffering, and love.

Chapters

1Morph Edition
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2Epigraph
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3Book I: The History of a Family
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4I: Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
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5II: He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son
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6III: The Second Marriage and the Second Family
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7IV: The Third Son, Alyosha
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8V: Elders
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9Book II: An Unfortunate Gathering
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10I: They Arrive at the Monastery
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11II: The Old Buffoon
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12III: Peasant Women Who Have Faith
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13IV: A Lady of Little Faith
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14V: So Be It! So Be It!
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15VI: Why Is Such a Man Alive?
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16VII: A Young Man Bent on a Career
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17VIII: The Scandalous Scene
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18I: In the Servants’ Quarters
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19II: Lizaveta
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20III: The Confession of a Passionate Heart—In Verse
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21IV: The Confession of a Passionate Heart—In Anecdote
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22V: The Confession of a Passionate Heart—“Heels Up”
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23VI: Smerdyakov
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24VII: The Controversy
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25VIII: Over the Brandy
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26IX: The Sensualists
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27X: Both Together
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28XI: Another Reputation Ruined
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29I: Father Ferapont
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30II: At His Father’s
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31III: A Meeting with the Schoolboys
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32IV: At the Hohlakovs’
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33V: A Laceration in the Drawing-Room
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34VI: A Laceration in the Cottage
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35VII: And in the Open Air
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36Book V: Pro and Contra
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37I: The Engagement
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38II: Smerdyakov with a Guitar
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39III: The Brothers Make Friends
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40IV: Rebellion
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41V: The Grand Inquisitor
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42VI: For Awhile a Very Obscure One
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43VII: “It’s Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man”
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44Book VI: The Russian Monk
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45I: Father Zossima and His Visitors
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46II: The Duel
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47III: Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima
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48I: The Breath of Corruption
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49II: A Critical Moment
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50III: An Onion
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51IV: Cana of Galilee
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52I: Kuzma Samsonov
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53II: Lyagavy
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54III: Goldmines
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55IV: In the Dark
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56V: A Sudden Resolution
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57VI: “I Am Coming, Too!”
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58VII: The First and Rightful Lover
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59VIII: Delirium
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60Book IX: The Preliminary Investigation
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61I: The Beginning of Perhotin’s Official Career
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62II: The Alarm
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63III: The Sufferings of a Soul, the First Ordeal
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64IV: The Second Ordeal
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65V: The Third Ordeal
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66VI: The Prosecutor Catches Mitya
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67VII: Mitya’s Great Secret. Received with Hisses
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68VIII: The Evidence of the Witnesses. The Babe
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69IX: They Carry Mitya Away
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70I: Kolya Krassotkin
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71II: Children
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72III: The Schoolboy
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73IV: The Lost Dog
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74V: By Ilusha’s Bedside
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75VI: Precocity
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76VII: Ilusha
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77I: At Grushenka’s
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78II: The Injured Foot
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79III: A Little Demon
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80IV: A Hymn and a Secret
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81V: Not You, Not You!
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82VI: The First Interview with Smerdyakov
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83VII: The Second Visit to Smerdyakov
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84VIII: The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov
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85IX: The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare
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86X: “It Was He Who Said That”
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87Book XII: A Judicial Error
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88I: The Fatal Day
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89II: Dangerous Witnesses
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90III: The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts
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91IV: Fortune Smiles on Mitya
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92V: A Sudden Catastrophe
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93VI: The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches of Character
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94VII: An Historical Survey
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95VIII: A Treatise on Smerdyakov
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96IX: The Galloping Troika. The End of the Prosecutor’s Speech
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97X: The Speech for the Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways
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98XI: There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
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99XII: And There Was No Murder Either
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100XIII: A Corrupter of Thought
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101XIV: The Peasants Stand Firm
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102I: Plans for Mitya’s Escape
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103II: For a Moment the Lie Becomes Truth
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104III: Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech at the Stone
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105Endnotes
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