The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov is Fyodor Dostoevsky's final novel, published in 1880, widely considered one of the greatest works of world literature.
The story follows three brothers—intellectual Ivan, passionate Dmitri, and spiritual Alyosha—entangled in their father's murder.
The novel explores faith, doubt, free will, and the existence of God, famously through Ivan's "Grand Inquisitor" parable.
I finally finished The Brothers Karamazov after six months.
Slavic masculine name
- patricideMurder of one's father
- fatherMale parent
- illegitimateNot authorized or recognized
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
rivalry · dysfunction · hatred · jealousy · legacy · paternity · fratricide · bloodline
Deliberate unlawful killing
- patricideMurder of one's father
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defenseProtection against harm
evidence · investigation · guilt · innocence · wrongful accusation · confession · motive · courtroom
Defense of divine goodness
- existence of GodClaim a deity is real
- problem of evilWhy omnipotent goodness allows suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
morality · Grand Inquisitor · faith · doubt · atheism · nihilism · redemption · immortality
Religious seclusion dwelling
- elderSenior figure of authority
- faithTrust without proof
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- loveIntense fond attachment
forgiveness · miracle · confession · prayer · humility · salvation · grace · sin
19th-century Russian author
- FyodorRussian masculine given name
- PetersburgCity name, multiple locations
- samovarWater-heating tea vessel
- troikaSet of three, Russian-derived
kopeck · ruble · peasant · serf · monastery · elder · Russian soul · intelligentsia
Supreme artistic achievement
- canonicalAccepted as standard
- literaryOf written works
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- realismAccepting things as they are
psychological · profound · influential · epic · seminal · magnum opus · Great Books · world literature
Ivan
Slavic masculine name
- patricideMurder of one's father
- fatherMale parent
- illegitimateNot authorized or recognized
inheritance · rivalry · dysfunction · hatred · jealousy · legacy · paternity · fratricide · bloodline · patriarch
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- patricideMurder of one's father
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
defense · evidence · investigation · guilt · innocence · wrongful accusation · confession · motive · courtroom · verdict
theodicy
Defense of divine goodness
- existence of GodClaim a deity is real
- problem of evilWhy omnipotent goodness allows suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
free will · morality · Grand Inquisitor · faith · doubt · atheism · nihilism · redemption · immortality · soul
monastery
Religious seclusion dwelling
- elderSenior figure of authority
- faithTrust without proof
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
love · forgiveness · miracle · confession · prayer · humility · salvation · grace · sin · repentance
Dostoevsky
19th-century Russian author
- FyodorRussian masculine given name
- PetersburgCity name, multiple locations
- samovarWater-heating tea vessel
troika · kopeck · ruble · peasant · serf · monastery · elder · Russian soul · intelligentsia · provincial
masterpiece
Supreme artistic achievement
- canonicalAccepted as standard
- literaryOf written works
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
realism · psychological · profound · influential · epic · seminal · magnum opus · Great Books · world literature · translation
- Classic BooksPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Great Expectations
- Russian CultureBolshoi, matryoshka, Kremlin, Hermitage, balalaika
- Russian LiteratureTolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Pushkin, Nabokov
- Slavic cultureRussian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Serbian
- 1880s LiteratureTreasure Island, Anna Karenina, King Solomon's Mines, Ben-Hur, Heidi
- Classic NovelsAnna Karenina, Madame Bovary, War and Peace, Middlemarch, Crime and Punishment
The Brothers Karamazovbeach read
Light vacation novel
pulp fiction · airport novel · dime novel · penny dreadful · light entertainment
The Brothers KaramazovThe Stranger
Unknown arriving person
nihilism · Marquis de Sade · Ayn Rand · Atlas Shrugged · moral relativism
The Brothers KaramazovPride and Prejudice
Regency courtship novel
Jane Austen · Emma · Voltaire · Candide · The Importance of Being Earnest