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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The original novel is written in the Russian language. It English translated name 'The Brothers Karamazov '. Another English name of this novel is also known as The Karamazov Brothers. This is the last novel by Russian fiction writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky took about two years to write the novel. The novel was released consistently in 'The Russian Messengers. The novel was completed in November of 1880. Dostoyevsky died four months after the publication of the novel The Brothers Karamazov. The novel is written in the 19th-century Russian context. The theme of this novel is the moral contradiction, free-thinking and morality of God. Dostoyevsky presented modern Russian social values, faith and justice in the novel.

Short story of The Brothers Karamazov


Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is a wealthy businessman. At a young age, he made a lot of money and developed relationships with several beautiful women. Karamazov has two wives and three sons.

His first wife, the child, Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov. And the second wife's son Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov and  Alyosha Karamazov. There is no relationship with Karamazov even with the boys. When Karamazov wives died, he sent to the boys to her relatives and friends. They are the grown-up there.


The brothers Karamazov

Apart from these three sons, Karamazov has another son. Karamazov developed physical relations with a dumb girl in the village. The girl died during childbirth. But his son survived. The servants of Karamazov took responsibility for the boy. Karamazov forced him to work as a servant after the boy grew up.

His fourth child was named Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov. Although Karamazov never acknowledges Smeradyakov as his child. Alone orphaned Smerdyakov alone to grow up. And because of this loneliness, strange things happen in his character. He is also suffering from epilepsy disease. But despite the negligence of man or mysterious character, Smerdyakov is not a fool.

The novel's story revolves around the story of Karamazov and his sons. Dostoyevsky himself was once influenced by religion and philosophy. His influence came out in this novel. In 1878, Dostoyevsky's three-year-old son, Alyosha, died of epilepsy disease. And the disease was found by the father Dostoyevsky. This incident affected Dostoevsky's life and writings.

About Fyodor Dostoyevsky


Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born on November 11, 1821, in the Russian capital Moscow. This novelist was a short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Finding the essence of his writings in the political, social and spiritual environment of human psychology. Especially in the Russian context of the twentieth century, most of his novels and stories have been written. Philosophical and religious thought mixed in his writings.

Dostoyevsky lost her mather at the age of 15. He started writing from a teenager. His first novel 'Poor Folk' was published in 1846. At the time of publishing the first novel, he was only 25 years old. The first novel, Dostoyevsky took the honour of Russian literary society.

Among the notable works of Dostoyevsky are 'Crime and Punishment' (1866), 'The Idiot' (1869), 'Daemons' (1872), 'The Brothers Karamazov' (1880). Dostoyevsky has written 11 novels, 17 novellas, and other literary works. Due to the depth of thought and writing, many have called Dostoyevsky as 'philosopher of literature'. Dostoyevsky's novel 'Notes from Underground', published in 1864, is considered to be the first work of existential literature.

Dostoyevsky went out of the Western Europe tour. Having become addicted to gambling, he had to pass through a financial crisis for a long period of his life. His literary work has been translated into over 170 languages worldwide. And his writings have inspired many famous novelists and philosophers. Among them are Anton Chekhov, Ernest Hemingway, Frederick Nietzsche and jean-paul Sartre.

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