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Description
The award-winning translation of Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel.
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Memorable Quotes
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“I am glad that at such a moment my young man turned out to be not so reasonable; the time will come for an intelligent man to be reasonable, but if at such an exceptional moment there is no love to be found in a young man's heart, then when will it come”
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“You Know, boys," Aloysha said, "you needn't be afraid of life! Life is so good when you do something that is good and just.”
Alexei Karamazov
First Sentence
The Dostoyevsky who in November 1880, just two months before his death, so announced the completion of The Brothers Karamazov to N.A. Lyubimov, the associate editor of Russkii vestnik (The Russian Herald), was far removed from the young man who in the 1840s had gained fame as the author of tales of psychological analysis and had then suffered arrest, mock execution and Siberian exile for participation in an illegal political group.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author)
Other Contributors:
- William J. Leatherbarrow (Translator)
- Constance Garnett (Translator)
- Julius Katzer (Translator)
- David McDuff (Translator)
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