Brothers Karamazov The Constance Garnett Translation Revised by Ralph E. Matlaw Backgrounds and Sources, Essays in Criticism

Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons--the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha--are all involved at some level. Brilliantly bound up with this psychological drama is Dostoevsky's intense and disturbing exploration of many deeply felt ideas about the existence of God, freedom of will, the collective nature of guilt, and the disastrous consequences of rationalism. Filled with eloquent voices, this new translation fully realizes the power and dramatic virtuosity of Dostoevsky's most brilliant work.Dostoyevsky, Fyodor is the author of 'Brothers Karamazov The Constance Garnett Translation Revised by Ralph E. Matlaw Backgrounds and Sources, Essays in Criticism', published 1976 under ISBN 9780393092141 and ISBN 0393092143.