Genre: | Fiction, Literature/Essays |
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Language : | English |
Published: | February 27, 2003 |
Paperback | |
ISBN13: | 9780140449242 |
ISBN10: | 0140449248 |
Pages: | 1056 |
Weight: | 300 g |
'The most magnificent novel ever written'
SIGMUND FREUD
The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevoc- ably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, driven to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their illegitimate half-brother, Smerdyakov. Dostoyevsky's dark masterwork evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur, and everyone's faith in humanity is tested.