Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1821 – 1881

The Brothers Karamazov

1880 (English 1912) · trans. Constance Garnett (1912) · translated from the Russian

49pages

22 h 46 minreading time

26passages linked to Scripture

29links to verses

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Book I. The History Of A Family1
Chapter I. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov1
Chapter II. He Gets Rid Of His Eldest Son1
Chapter III. The Second Marriage And The Second Family1
Chapter IV. The Third Son, Alyosha1
Chapter V. Elders2
Book II. An Unfortunate Gathering3
Chapter I. They Arrive At The Monastery3
Chapter II. The Old Buffoon3
Chapter III. Peasant Women Who Have Faith3
Chapter IV. A Lady Of Little Faith4
Chapter V. So Be It! So Be It!4
Chapter VI. Why Is Such A Man Alive?5
Chapter VII. A Young Man Bent On A Career5
Chapter VIII. The Scandalous Scene6
Book III. The Sensualists7
Chapter I. In The Servants’ Quarters7
Chapter II. Lizaveta7
Chapter III. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—In Verse7
Chapter IV. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—In Anecdote8
Chapter V. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—“Heels Up”8
Chapter VI. Smerdyakov9
Chapter VII. The Controversy9
Chapter VIII. Over The Brandy9
Chapter IX. The Sensualists10
Chapter X. Both Together10
Chapter XI. Another Reputation Ruined11
Book IV. Lacerations12
Chapter I. Father Ferapont12
Chapter II. At His Father’s12
Chapter III. A Meeting With The Schoolboys13
Chapter IV. At The Hohlakovs’13
Chapter V. A Laceration In The Drawing-Room13
Chapter VI. A Laceration In The Cottage14
Chapter VII. And In The Open Air14
Book V. Pro And Contra15
Chapter I. The Engagement15
Chapter II. Smerdyakov With A Guitar15
Chapter III. The Brothers Make Friends16
Chapter IV. Rebellion16
Chapter V. The Grand Inquisitor17
Chapter VI. For Awhile A Very Obscure One18
Chapter VII. “It’s Always Worth While Speaking To A Clever Man”18
Book VI. The Russian Monk19
Chapter I. Father Zossima And His Visitors19
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES19
Chapter II. The Duel20
Chapter III. Conversations And Exhortations Of Father Zossima21
Book VII. Alyosha22
Chapter I. The Breath Of Corruption22
Chapter II. A Critical Moment22
Chapter III. An Onion23
Chapter IV. Cana Of Galilee24
Book VIII. Mitya24
Chapter I. Kuzma Samsonov24
Chapter II. Lyagavy25
Chapter III. Gold-Mines25
Chapter IV. In The Dark26
Chapter V. A Sudden Resolution26
Chapter VI. “I Am Coming, Too!”27
Chapter VII. The First And Rightful Lover27
Chapter VIII. Delirium28
Book IX. The Preliminary Investigation29
Chapter I. The Beginning Of Perhotin’s Official Career29
K. HOHLAKOV.30
Chapter II. The Alarm30
Chapter III. The Sufferings Of A Soul, The First Ordeal30
Chapter IV. The Second Ordeal31
Chapter V. The Third Ordeal31
Chapter VI. The Prosecutor Catches Mitya32
Chapter VII. Mitya’s Great Secret. Received With Hisses32
Chapter VIII. The Evidence Of The Witnesses. The Babe33
Chapter IX. They Carry Mitya Away33
Book X. The Boys34
Chapter I. Kolya Krassotkin34
Chapter II. Children34
Chapter III. The Schoolboy34
Chapter IV. The Lost Dog35
Chapter V. By Ilusha’s Bedside35
Chapter VI. Precocity36
Chapter VII. Ilusha36
Book XI. Ivan37
Chapter I. At Grushenka’s37
Chapter II. The Injured Foot37
Chapter III. A Little Demon38
Chapter IV. A Hymn And A Secret38
Chapter V. Not You, Not You!39
Chapter VI. The First Interview With Smerdyakov39
Chapter VII. The Second Visit To Smerdyakov40
Chapter VIII. The Third And Last Interview With Smerdyakov40
Chapter IX. The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare41
Chapter X. “It Was He Who Said That”42
Book XII. A Judicial Error42
Chapter I. The Fatal Day42
Chapter II. Dangerous Witnesses42
Chapter III. The Medical Experts And A Pound Of Nuts43
Chapter IV. Fortune Smiles On Mitya43
Chapter V. A Sudden Catastrophe44
Chapter VI. The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches Of Character44
Chapter VII. An Historical Survey45
Chapter VIII. A Treatise On Smerdyakov45
Chapter IX. The Galloping Troika. The End Of The Prosecutor’s Speech.46
Chapter X. The Speech For The Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways46
Chapter XI. There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery47
Chapter XII. And There Was No Murder Either47
Chapter XIII. A Corrupter Of Thought48
Chapter XIV. The Peasants Stand Firm48
Chapter I. Plans For Mitya’s Escape49
Chapter II. For A Moment The Lie Becomes Truth49
Chapter III. Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech At The Stone49

The Brothers Karamazov

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