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Is The Brothers Karamazov a good book?

Is The Brothers Karamazov a good book?

I’ll open by saying that Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov is the greatest book I’ve ever read. I’ll also add that it’s by far the hardest book I’ve ever read, but more on that later. Many regard it among of the greatest literary works of all time, and I can see why.

Who is Mitya in The Brothers Karamazov?

Also frequently referred to as “Mitenka,” Dmitri is the eldest son of Fyodor Pavlovich and Adelaida Ivanovna, the cousin of Pyotr Alexandrovich Miusov, the eldest brother of Ivan and Alexei, and the probable half-brother of Smerdyakov.

Why is Dostoevsky so popular?

Dostoyevsky is best known for his novella Notes from the Underground and for four long novels, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed (also and more accurately known as The Demons and The Devils), and The Brothers Karamazov. Finally, these novels broke new ground with their experiments in literary form.

Where did Mitya get the money?

At his interrogation Dmitri proclaims his innocence. He even reveals the true source of his cash: 1,500 roubles he was carrying in a cloth around his neck, which he had left over from the 3,000 roubles he stole from Katerina. His interrogators don’t believe him and ask him to strip so they can search his clothes.

Is Brothers Karamazov unfinished?

The Brothers Karamazov is the last novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, which the author has been wiring for two years and completed it two months before his death. …

What personality type is Dostoevsky?

INFJ – The Counselor They are passionate, idealistic, and have a deep concern for others. INFJ writers include Plato, Mary Wollstonecraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dante Alighieri, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Agatha Christie, Charlotte Brontë, J.K. Rowling, Carl Jung, and Leo Tolstoy.

Where did Dimitri get 3000 rubles?

Katerina
But when they returned to Fyodor Pavlovich’s town, Dmitri fell swiftly for Grushenka. He even stole 3,000 rubles from Katerina in order to finance his debauchery with Grushenka.

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