PART I
BOOK I. THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY
CHAPTER 1. FYODOR PAVLOVITCH
KARAMAZOV / 5
CHAPTER 2. HE GETS RID OF HIS ELDEST SON / 10
CHAPTER 3. THE SECOND MARRIAGE AND
THE SECOND FAMILY / 14
CHAPTER 4. THE THIRD SON, ALYOSHA / 22 CHAPTER 5. ELDERS / 33
BOOK II. AN UNFORTUNATE GATHERING
CHAPTER 1. THEY ARRIVE AT THE MONASTERY / 47
CHAPTER 2. THE OLD BUFFOON / 53
2 THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
CHAPTER 3. PEASANT WOMEN WHO HAVE FAITH / 64
CHAPTER 4. A LADY OF LITTLE FAITH / 74 CHAPTER 5. SO BE IT! SO BE IT! / 84 CHAPTER 6. WHY IS SUCH A MAN ALIVE? / 96
CHAPTER 7. A YOUNG MAN BENT ON A CAREER / 109
CHAPTER 8. THE SCANDALOUS SCENE / 120
BOOK III. THE SENSUALISTS
CHAPTER 1. IN THE SERVANTS' QUARTERS / 133
CHAPTER 2. LIZAVETA / 140
CHAPTER 3. THE CONFESSION OF
A PASSIONATE HEART—IN VERSE / 145
CHAPTER 4. THE CONFESSION OF
A PASSIONATE HEART—IN ANECDOTE / 156
CHAPTER 5. THE CONFESSION OF
A PASSIONATE HEART—"HEELS UP" / 166 CHAPTER 6. SMERDYAKOV / 177 CHAPTER 7. THE CONTROVERSY / 184 CHAPTER 8. OVER THE BRANDY / 191
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 9. THE SENSUALISTS / 200 CHAPTER 10. BOTH TOGETHER / 208
PART II
BOOK IV. LACERATIONS
CHAPTER 1. FATHER FERAPONT / 237 CHAPTER 2. AT HIS FATHER'S / 250
CHAPTER 3. A MEETING WITH THE SCHOOLBOYS / 256
CHAPTER 4. AT THE HOHLAKOVS / 262
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky’s literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His output consists of 11 novels, three novellas, 17 short novels and numerous other works including The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature. His books have been translated into more than 170 languages. Dostoyevsky influenced a multitude of writers and philosophers, from Anton Chekhov and Ernest Hemingway to Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre.