Brothers Karamazov

The brilliant Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-81) is celebrated for such classics as Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov whose psychological examinations of the human soul had a profound effect on the 20th-century novel. His influence resonates in the works of such latter-day authors as Proust, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Kafka. Dostoyevsky also wrote many shorter works that are masterpieces in their own right.

• Part OneBook I: The History of a Family1. Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov2. He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son3. The Second Marriage and the Second Family4. The third Son, Alyosha5. EldersBook II: An Unfortunate Gathering1. They Arrive at the Monastery2. The Old Buffoon3. Peasant Women Who Have Faith4. A Lady of Little Faith5. So Be It! So Be It!6. Why Is Such a Man Alive?7. A Young Man Bent on a Career8. The Scandalous SceneBook III: The Sensualists1. In the Servants' Quarters2. Lizaveta3. The Confession of a Passionate Heart--in Verse4. The Confession of a Passionate Heart--in Anecdote5. The Confession of a Passionate Heart--"Heels Up"6. Smerdyakov7. The Controversy8. Over the Brandy9. The Sensualists10. Both Together11. Another Reputation RuinedPart TwoBook IV: Lacerations1. Father Ferapont2. At His Father's3. A Meeting with the Schoolboys4. At the Hohlakovs'5. A Laceration in the Drawing Room6. A Laceration in the Cottage7. And in the Open AirBook V: Pro and Contra1. The Engagement2. Smerdyakov with a Guitar3. The Brothers Make Friends4. Rebellion5. The Grand Inquisitor6. For a While a Very Obscure One7. "It's Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man"Book VI: The Russian Monk1. Father Zosima and His Visitors2. Notes of the Life of the Deceased Priest and Monk, the Elder Zosima, Taken from His Own Words by Alexey Fyodorovich Karamazov3. Conversations and Exhortations of Father ZosimaPart ThreeBook VII: Alyosha1. The Breath of Corruption2. A Critical Moment3. An Onion4. Cana of GalileeBook VIII: Mitya1. Kuzma Samsonov2. Lyagavy3. Gold Mines4. In the Dark5. A Sudden Resolution6. "I Am Coming, Too!"7. The First and Rightful Lover8. DeliriumBook IX: The Preliminary Investigation1. The Beginning of Perhotin's Official Career2. The Alarm3. The Sufferings of a Soul. The First Ordeal4. The Second Ordeal5. The Third Ordeal6. The Prosecutor Catches Mitya7. Mitya's Great Secret. Received with Hisses8. The Evidence of the Witnesses. The Babe9. They Carry Mitya AwayPart FourBook X: The Boys1. Kolya Krasotkin2. Children3. The Schoolboy4. The Lost Dog5. By Ilyusha's Bedside6. Precocity7. IlyushaBook XI: Ivan1. At Grushenka's2. The Injured Foot3. A Little Demon4. A Hymn and a Secret5. Not You, Not You!6. The First Interview with Smerdyakov7. The Second Visit to Smerdyakov8. The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov9. The Devil. Ivan's Nightmare10. "It Was He who Said That"Book XII: A Judicial Error1. The Fatal Day2. Dangerous Witnesses3. The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts4. Fortune Smiles on Mitya5. A Sudden Catastrophe6. The Prosecutor's Speech. Sketches of Character7. A Historical Survey8. A Treatise on Smerdyakov9. The Galloping Troika. The End of the Prosecutor's Speech10. The Speech for the Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways11. There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery12. And There Was No Murder Either13. A Corrupter of Thought14. The Peasants Stand FirmEpilogue1. Plans for Mitya's Escape2. For a Moment the Lie Becomes Truth3. Ilyusha's Funeral. The Speech at the Stone