The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky with David Magarshack (Translator)

fiction classics challenging dark reflective slow-paced

913 pages | first published 1879

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Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons--the atheist intellectual Iv...
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Moods

reflective 78%
challenging 73%
dark 60%
emotional 51%
tense 33%
mysterious 27%
sad 26%
inspiring 14%
funny 13%
hopeful 13%
adventurous 7%
informative 5%

Pace

slow 81%
medium 18%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 59% | A mix: 37% | Plot: 2%

Strong character development?

Yes: 70% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 5% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 18%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 50% | Yes: 33% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 90% | It's complicated: 7% | No: 1%

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4.26

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