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The Brothers Karamazov

By Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The Brothers Karamazov

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Contents

  1. PART I
    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. 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
  2. PART II
    1. 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
    2. 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”
    3. Book VI. The Russian Monk
      1. Chapter I. Father Zossima And His Visitors
        1. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
        2. (a) Father Zossima’s Brother
        3. (b) Of the Holy Scriptures in the Life of Father Zossima
      2. Chapter II. The Duel
        1. (d) The Mysterious Visitor
      3. Chapter III. Conversations And Exhortations Of Father Zossima
        1. (e) The Russian Monk and his possible Significance
        2. (f) Of Masters and Servants, and of whether it is possible for them to be Brothers in the Spirit
        3. (g) Of Prayer, of Love, and of Contact with other Worlds
        4. (h) Can a Man judge his Fellow Creatures? Faith to the End
        5. (i) Of Hell and Hell Fire, a Mystic Reflection
  3. PART III
    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. 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
  4. PART IV
    1. 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
    2. 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”
    3. 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
  5. EPILOGUE