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