About This Book
The Brothers Karamazov (1879) follows the events, machinations, and tragedies of the Karamazov family over the course of four critical days in an unnamed town in Russia. As tensions within the household simmer and seeth into a stunning climax, we are treated to one of the most penetrating explorations of religion, faith, and doubt in all of world literature.
Who Should Read This?
- Anyone interested in deep themes like philosophy and religion
- Agnostics looking for spiritual guidance
- People who don’t have time to read a 900-page novel
About the Author
Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a nineteenth-century Russian author. A political activist in his youth, he was arrested by the Tsar and sentenced to execution, only to have his sentence commuted at the last minute as he stood before the firing squad. His novels are often considered deep psychological explorations of the human mind; aside from The Brothers Karamazov, he’s known for Notes from the Underground, Crime and Punishment, and The Idiot.
