| The Brothers Karamazov Contributor(s): Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553212168 ISBN-13: 9780553212167 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: April 1984 Annotation: In 1880 Dostoevsky completed "The Brothers Karamazov, the literary effort for which he had been preparing all his life. Compelling, profound, complex, it is the story of a patricide and of the four sons who each had a motive for murder: Dmitry, the sensualist, Ivan, the intellectual; Alyosha, the mystic; and twisted, cunning Smerdyakov, the bastard child. Frequently lurid, nightmarish, always brilliant, the novel plunges the reader into a sordid love triangle, a pathological obsession, and a gripping courtroom drama. But throughout the whole, Dostoevsky searhes for the truth--about man, about life, about the existence of God. A terrifying answer to man's eternal questions, this monumental work remains the crowning achievement of perhaps the finest novelist of all time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00003179 |
| Lexile Measure: 970 |
| Series: Bantam Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.78" H x 4.24" W x 6.92" (1.09 lbs) 1072 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 60045 Reading Level: 10.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 74.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1880 Dostoevsky completed The Brothers Karamazov, the literary effort for which he had been preparing all his life. Compelling, profound, complex, it is the story of a patricide and of the four sons who each had a motive for murder: Dmitry, the sensualist, Ivan, the intellectual; Alyosha, the mystic; and twisted, cunning Smerdyakov, the bastard child. Frequently lurid, nightmarish, always brilliant, the novel plunges the reader into a sordid love triangle, a pathological obsession, and a gripping courtroom drama. But throughout the whole, Dostoevsky searhes for the truth--about man, about life, about the existence of God. A terrifying answer to man's eternal questions, this monumental work remains the crowning achievement of perhaps the finest novelist of all time. |