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  Brothers Karamazov, The

  noun

  a novel (1880) by Dostoevsky.
• The Brothers Karamazov
  The Brothers Karamazov

  A novel by Feodor Dostoyevsky, known for its deep ethical and psychological treatment of its characters. The plot concerns the trial of one of four brothers for the murder of his father.

Brothers Karamazov, The

American  

[kar-uh-mah-zawf, -zof, -maz-awf, -of] / ˌkær əˈmɑ zɔf, -zɒf, -ˈmæz ɔf, -ɒf /

noun

1. a novel (1880) by Dostoevsky.

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The Brothers Karamazov Cultural  

1. A novel by Feodor Dostoyevsky, known for its deep ethical and psychological treatment of its characters. The plot concerns the trial of one of four brothers for the murder of his father.

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The Brothers Karamazov

Asked what he might read, he said that he would read some William Faulkner and certainly Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov".

From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2023

Trained at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Sellars made the first of many stage appearances in 1946’s "The Brothers Karamazov," starring Guinness.

From Fox News ● Jan. 2, 2020

What makes this great novel immortal is not its answers but its questions, questions we continue to ask ourselves, decades after the world that forged The Brothers Karamazov has passed away.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2016

The story "The Grand Inquisitor" within Doestoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" raises the question, do people prefer social control to free will?

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2016

I also had a drawing pad and colored pencils, a manila envelope with important prison and parole papers, and my copy of The Brothers Karamazov.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos