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The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky • 96 chapters

Part I

Book I. The History of a Family

  1. 1 Chapter I. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
  2. 2 Chapter II. He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son
  3. 3 Chapter III. The Second Marriage and the Second Family
  4. 4 Chapter IV. The Third Son, Alyosha
  5. 5 Chapter V. Elders

Book II. An Unfortunate Gathering

  1. 6 Chapter I. They Arrive at the Monastery
  2. 7 Chapter II. The Old Buffoon
  3. 8 Chapter III. Peasant Women Who Have Faith
  4. 9 Chapter IV. A Lady of Little Faith
  5. 10 Chapter V. So Be It! So Be It!
  6. 11 Chapter VI. Why Is Such a Man Alive?
  7. 12 Chapter VII. A Young Man Bent on a Career
  8. 13 Chapter VIII. The Scandalous Scene

Book III. The Sensualists

  1. 14 Chapter I. In the Servants’ Quarters
  2. 15 Chapter II. Lizaveta
  3. 16 Chapter III. The Confession of a Passionate Heart—In Verse
  4. 17 Chapter IV. The Confession of a Passionate Heart—In Anecdote
  5. 18 Chapter V. The Confession of a Passionate Heart—“Heels Up”
  6. 19 Chapter VI. Smerdyakov
  7. 20 Chapter VII. The Controversy
  8. 21 Chapter VIII. Over the Brandy
  9. 22 Chapter IX. The Sensualists
  10. 23 Chapter X. Both Together
  11. 24 Chapter XI. Another Reputation Ruined

Part II

Book IV. Lacerations

  1. 25 Chapter I. Father Ferapont
  2. 26 Chapter II. At His Father’s
  3. 27 Chapter III. A Meeting with the Schoolboys
  4. 28 Chapter IV. At the Hohlakovs’
  5. 29 Chapter V. A Laceration in the Drawing‐room
  6. 30 Chapter VI. A Laceration in the Cottage
  7. 31 Chapter VII. And in the Open Air

Book V. Pro and Contra

  1. 32 Chapter I. The Engagement
  2. 33 Chapter II. Smerdyakov with a Guitar
  3. 34 Chapter III. The Brothers Make Friends
  4. 35 Chapter IV. Rebellion
  5. 36 Chapter V. The Grand Inquisitor
  6. 37 Chapter VI. For Awhile a Very Obscure One
  7. 38 Chapter VII. “It’s Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man”

Book VI. The Russian Monk

  1. 39 Chapter I. Father Zossima and His Visitors
  2. 40 Chapter II. The Duel
  3. 41 Chapter III. Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima

Part III

Book VII. Alyosha

  1. 42 Chapter I. The Breath of Corruption
  2. 43 Chapter II. A Critical Moment
  3. 44 Chapter III. An Onion
  4. 45 Chapter IV. Cana of Galilee

Book VIII. Mitya

  1. 46 Chapter I. Kuzma Samsonov
  2. 47 Chapter II. Lyagavy
  3. 48 Chapter III. Gold‐mines
  4. 49 Chapter IV. In the Dark
  5. 50 Chapter V. A Sudden Resolution
  6. 51 Chapter VI. “I Am Coming, Too!”
  7. 52 Chapter VII. The First and Rightful Lover
  8. 53 Chapter VIII. Delirium

Book IX. The Preliminary Investigation

  1. 54 Chapter I. The Beginning of Perhotin’s Official Career
  2. 55 Chapter II. The Alarm
  3. 56 Chapter III. The Sufferings of a Soul, the First Ordeal
  4. 57 Chapter IV. The Second Ordeal
  5. 58 Chapter V. The Third Ordeal
  6. 59 Chapter VI. The Prosecutor Catches Mitya
  7. 60 Chapter VII. Mitya’s Great Secret. Received with Hisses
  8. 61 Chapter VIII. The Evidence of the Witnesses. The Babe
  9. 62 Chapter IX. They Carry Mitya Away

Part IV

Book X. The Boys

  1. 63 Chapter I. Kolya Krassotkin
  2. 64 Chapter II. Children
  3. 65 Chapter III. The Schoolboy
  4. 66 Chapter IV. The Lost Dog
  5. 67 Chapter V. By Ilusha’s Bedside
  6. 68 Chapter VI. Precocity
  7. 69 Chapter VII. Ilusha

Book XI. Ivan

  1. 70 Chapter I. At Grushenka’s
  2. 71 Chapter II. The Injured Foot
  3. 72 Chapter III. A Little Demon
  4. 73 Chapter IV. A Hymn and a Secret
  5. 74 Chapter V. Not You, Not You!
  6. 75 Chapter VI. The First Interview with Smerdyakov
  7. 76 Chapter VII. The Second Visit to Smerdyakov
  8. 77 Chapter VIII. The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov
  9. 78 Chapter IX. The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare
  10. 79 Chapter X. “It Was He Who Said That”

Book XII. A Judicial Error

  1. 80 Chapter I. The Fatal Day
  2. 81 Chapter II. Dangerous Witnesses
  3. 82 Chapter III. The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts
  4. 83 Chapter IV. Fortune Smiles on Mitya
  5. 84 Chapter V. A Sudden Catastrophe
  6. 85 Chapter VI. The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches of Character
  7. 86 Chapter VII. An Historical Survey
  8. 87 Chapter VIII. A Treatise on Smerdyakov
  9. 88 Chapter IX. The Galloping Troika. The End of the Prosecutor’s Speech.
  10. 89 Chapter X. The Speech for the Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways
  11. 90 Chapter XI. There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
  12. 91 Chapter XII. And There Was No Murder Either
  13. 92 Chapter XIII. A Corrupter of Thought
  14. 93 Chapter XIV. The Peasants Stand Firm

Epilogue

  1. 94 Chapter I. Plans for Mitya’s Escape
  2. 95 Chapter II. For a Moment the Lie Becomes Truth
  3. 96 Chapter III. Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech at the Stone