As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive...
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As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha?. Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Religion in a secular age -- A life beyond melodrama -- Prologue to a four-act drama -- The first three major novels -- The Karamazov family -- Spiritual talk -- Enduring relevance -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- The Brothers Karamazov -- Part 1 -- Book One: The History of a Family -- Chapter 1: Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov -- Chapter 2: He gets rid of his eldest son -- Chapter 3: The second marriage and the second family -- Chapter 4: The third son, Alyosha -- Chapter 5: Elders -- Book Two: An Unfortunate Gathering -- Chapter 1: They arrive at the monastery -- Chapter 2: The old buffoon -- Chapter 3: Peasant women who have faith -- Chapter 4: A lady of little faith -- Chapter 5: So be it! So be it! -- Chapter 6: Why is such a man alive? -- Chapter 7: A young man bent on a career -- Chapter 8: The scandalous scene -- Book Three: The Sensualists -- Chapter 1: In the servants' quarters -- Chapter 2: Lizaveta -- Chapter 3: The confession of a passionate heart - in verse -- Chapter 4: The confession of a passionate heart - in anecdote -- Chapter 5: The confession of a passionate heart - 'heels up' -- Chapter 6: Smerdyakov -- Chapter 7: The controversy -- Chapter 8: Over the brandy -- Chapter 9: The sensualists -- Chapter 10: Both together -- Chapter 11: Another reputation ruined -- Part 2 -- Book Four: Lacerations -- Chapter 1: Father Ferapont -- Chapter 2: At his father's -- Chapter 3: A meeting with the schoolboys -- Chapter 4: At the Hohlakovs' -- Chapter 5: A laceration in the drawing-room -- Chapter 6: A laceration in the cottage -- Chapter 7: And in the open air -- Book Five: Pro and Contra -- Chapter 1: The engagement -- Chapter 2: Smerdyakov with a guitar -- Chapter 3: The brothers make friends -- Chapter 4: Rebellion -- Chapter 5: The Grand Inquisitor -- Chapter 6: For a while a very obscure one.
