The Brothers Karamazov. Illustrated edition

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Jan 2021 · Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing

About this ebook

 Critics believe The Brothers Karamazov is the last cry of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This passionate philosophical novel is considered among the most powerful and influential works of world literature. The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoevsky’s deepest contemplation of human existence, which has heavily influenced the existentialist movement lead by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus in the middle of twentieth century. A complex structure of the novel features motifs of crime, justice, and redemption through suffering that help Dostoevsky develop his major themes including the conflict between faith and doubt, the burden of free will, and the pervasiveness of moral responsibility. The author's unmatched manner of exploring psychology of his protagonists has influenced many thinkers including Sigmund Freud, who called The Brothers Karamazov ‘the most magnificent novel ever written’. Pretty illustrations by Dmitrii Rybalko provide you with new impressions from reading this legendary story.

Ratings and reviews

First time reading this book, it is really an amazing book, should've been a different (or much better) experience if I were a Christian or Russian. A lot of thoughts related to religion and rational mind. The book is full of philosophical discussion. In the end parts it becomes sort of a crime thriller which is also executed well.

masterpiece, indeed!