Alexey, the youngest, is a gentle spiritual man, apprenticed to the local monastery. Ivan is a highly educated man who rejects the ideas of a creator God and an immortal soul. Perhaps the half brothers he is just getting to know can help resolve these problems. To make matters worse, Dmitry has given up rights to a future inheritance to finance his extravagances and now feels his father is cheating him. The oldest, Dmitry, is engaged to the beautiful Katerina Invanova yet irresistibly drawn to Grushenka, the same woman his wealthy lecherous buffoon of a father is lusting after. This novel explores the big questions of life through the story of a highly dysfunctional "family": three sons basically neglected and abandoned by their father Fyodor. Exploring the secret depths of humanity's struggles and sins, Dostoevsky unfolds a grand epic which attempts to venture into mankind's darkest heart, and grasp the true meaning of existence. The last of Dostoevsky's finest works, telling the story of the four Karamazov brothers-each with his own distinct personality and desires. Translated by Constance Garnett (1861-1946) in 1912.
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