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Title: The Brothers Karamazov (Modern Library Series) by Constance Garnett, Fyodor Dostoyevsky ISBN: 0-679-60181-3 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 23 January, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (188 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best novels ever written
Comment: It's no exaggeration to say that I found BK to be by far the most engaging, emotionally satisfying novel I've ever read - which is stunning, considering it was written over a century ago and had to endure the painful process of translation to English. It is a book that is not afraid to grapple with the Big Questions: the existence of God and the Devil, the loss and rebirth of faith, the depths of human misery and triumph. Dostoevsky (as anyone who read Crime & Punishment can attest) is unbeatable when it comes to exploring the human psyche. In BK, he merely ups the ante by taking the reader on a journey into the minds of three very different young men - all siblings, all forced to deal with a tragedy and its aftermath. The first portion of the novel builds slowly, climaxing in Dostoevsky's famous chapter "The Grand Inquisitor". Following is an intricate criminal investigation and courtroom drama, a probing of the question of "moral guilt" vs. "actual guilt", and a spellbinding confrontation with the Devil. Perhaps more than any other work of fiction, BK succeeds in its aim of exploring the Big Questions and their relation to human nature. It's a novel that truly affects the way one looks at the world and at oneself.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful Classic
Comment: Mark Twain once said that a classic is a book that no one
ever reads. Unfortunately, the Brothers Karamozov may be a
classic of those proportions. Many are intimidated by the
bulk of an 800-1000 page book when they see the oversized
spine on the shelf and neglect to meet some of the most
interesting characters to ever be captured on paper.
The Brothers Karamozov is possibly one of the most over-analyzed
Russian novels (with the possible exception of War and Peace)
since it was written in the 19th century, and yet, at its
heart it has some of the most interesting plots and characters
in any language. Consider for a moment three brothers--one a
pious, bright divinity student, one an intellectual, brazen
capitalist, and one a dirty illegimate half wit. Now throw
in an ogre of a father, and you can imagine what the dinner
conversation might be like. Do yourself a favor and forget
the symbolism, the types and anti-types, etc. and get to know
these people. Also, forget that you were supposed to
have read this book in college and just pick it up for
yourself. Dostoevsky's mastery of mood and setting make
its popularity among scholars understandable. Yet its serialized
plot-line and suspense-filled action will more than satisfy
any Stephen King reader or soap opera fanatic.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best
Comment: This book took me three months to read but it was well worth it. The character development and plot will not let you put this book down. I could see the traits of the characters in many people I have meet throughout my like. I highly recommend it.
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Title: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett ISBN: 0553211757 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1984 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Idiot (Oxford World's Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Alan Myers, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky ISBN: 0192834118 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Rosemary Edmonds ISBN: 0140444173 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: October, 1982 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Anna Karenina by Mona Simpson, Leo Tolstoy ISBN: 067978330X Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky ISBN: 067973452X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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