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Fyodor Dostoevsky · Translated by Constance Garnett

The Brothers Karamazov

Read the competing voices of a family whose conflicts open questions about faith, freedom, suffering, and responsibility for other lives.

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Contents

Part I - Book I: The History of a Family
  1. Chapter I: Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
  2. Chapter II: He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son
  3. Chapter III: The Second Marriage and the Second Family
  4. Chapter IV: The Third Son, Alyosha
  5. Chapter V: Elders
Part I - Book II: An Unfortunate Gathering
  1. Chapter I: They Arrive at the Monastery
  2. Chapter II: The Old Buffoon
  3. Chapter III: Peasant Women Who Have Faith
  4. Chapter IV: A Lady of Little Faith
  5. Chapter V: So Be It! So Be It!
  6. Chapter VI: Why Is Such a Man Alive?
  7. Chapter VII: A Young Man Bent on a Career
  8. Chapter VIII: The Scandalous Scene
Part I - Book III: The Sensualists
  1. Chapter I: In the Servants' Quarters
  2. Chapter II: Lizaveta
  3. Chapter III: The Confession of a Passionate Heart--in Verse
  4. Chapter IV: The Confession of a Passionate Heart--in Anecdote
  5. Chapter V: The Confession of a Passionate Heart--"heels Up"
  6. Chapter VI: Smerdyakov
  7. Chapter VII: The Controversy
  8. Chapter VIII: Over the Brandy
  9. Chapter IX: The Sensualists
  10. Chapter X: Both Together
  11. Chapter XI: Another Reputation Ruined
Part II - Book IV: Lacerations
  1. Chapter I: Father Ferapont
  2. Chapter II: At His Father's
  3. Chapter III: A Meeting with the Schoolboys
  4. Chapter IV: At the Hohlakovs'
  5. Chapter V: A Laceration in the Drawing-room
  6. Chapter VI: A Laceration in the Cottage
  7. Chapter VII: And in the Open Air
Part II - Book V: Pro and Contra
  1. Chapter I: The Engagement
  2. Chapter II: Smerdyakov with a Guitar
  3. Chapter III: The Brothers Make Friends
  4. Chapter IV: Rebellion
  5. Chapter V: The Grand Inquisitor
  6. Chapter VI: For Awhile a Very Obscure One
  7. Chapter VII: "it's Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man"
Part II - Book VI: The Russian Monk
  1. Chapter I: Father Zossima and His Visitors
  2. Chapter II: The Duel
  3. Chapter III: Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima
Part III - Book VII: Alyosha
  1. Chapter I: The Breath of Corruption
  2. Chapter II: A Critical Moment
  3. Chapter III: An Onion
  4. Chapter IV: Cana of Galilee
Part III - Book VIII: Mitya
  1. Chapter I: Kuzma Samsonov
  2. Chapter II: Lyagavy
  3. Chapter III: Gold-mines
  4. Chapter IV: In the Dark
  5. Chapter V: A Sudden Resolution
  6. Chapter VI: "i Am Coming, Too!"
  7. Chapter VII: The First and Rightful Lover
  8. Chapter VIII: Delirium
Part III - Book IX: The Preliminary Investigation
  1. Chapter I: The Beginning of Perhotin's Official Career
  2. Chapter II: The Alarm
  3. Chapter III: The Sufferings of a Soul, the First Ordeal
  4. Chapter IV: The Second Ordeal
  5. Chapter V: The Third Ordeal
  6. Chapter VI: The Prosecutor Catches Mitya
  7. Chapter VII: Mitya's Great Secret. Received with Hisses
  8. Chapter VIII: The Evidence of the Witnesses. the Babe
  9. Chapter IX: They Carry Mitya Away
Part IV - Book X: The Boys
  1. Chapter I: Kolya Krassotkin
  2. Chapter II: Children
  3. Chapter III: The Schoolboy
  4. Chapter IV: The Lost Dog
  5. Chapter V: By Ilusha's Bedside
  6. Chapter VI: Precocity
  7. Chapter VII: Ilusha
Part IV - Book XI: Ivan
  1. Chapter I: At Grushenka's
  2. Chapter II: The Injured Foot
  3. Chapter III: A Little Demon
  4. Chapter IV: A Hymn and a Secret
  5. Chapter V: Not You, Not You!
  6. Chapter VI: The First Interview with Smerdyakov
  7. Chapter VII: The Second Visit to Smerdyakov
  8. Chapter VIII: The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov
  9. Chapter IX: The Devil. Ivan's Nightmare
  10. Chapter X: "it Was He Who Said That"
Part IV - Book XII: A Judicial Error
  1. Chapter I: The Fatal Day
  2. Chapter II: Dangerous Witnesses
  3. Chapter III: The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts
  4. Chapter IV: Fortune Smiles on Mitya
  5. Chapter V: A Sudden Catastrophe
  6. Chapter VI: The Prosecutor's Speech. Sketches of Character
  7. Chapter VII: An Historical Survey
  8. Chapter VIII: A Treatise on Smerdyakov
  9. Chapter IX: The Galloping Troika. the End of the Prosecutor's Speech.
  10. Chapter X: The Speech for the Defense. an Argument That Cuts Both Ways
  11. Chapter XI: There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
  12. Chapter XII: And There Was No Murder Either
  13. Chapter XIII: A Corrupter of Thought
  14. Chapter XIV: The Peasants Stand Firm
Epilogue
  1. Chapter I: Plans for Mitya's Escape
  2. Chapter II: For a Moment the Lie Becomes Truth
  3. Chapter III: Ilusha's Funeral. the Speech at the Stone
Edition footnotes
  1. Edition footnotes

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Fyodor Dostoevsky · Translated by Constance Garnett. Digital source: Project Gutenberg, ebook 28054. This reading text follows the edition used in our interactive reader.

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