The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue by Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue

Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, Fyodor Dostoevsky

832 pages • first pub 1879 (editions)

fiction classics challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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Dostoevsky’s towering reputation as one of the handful of thinkers who forged the modern sensibility has sometimes obscured the purely novelistic virtues–brilliant characterizations, flair for suspense and melodrama, instinctive theatricality–that...

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Community Reviews Summary of 10,553 reviews

Moods

reflective 79%
challenging 73%
dark 61%
emotional 55%
tense 34%
sad 30%
mysterious 28%
inspiring 18%
hopeful 15%
funny 13%
adventurous 7%
informative 7%

Pace

slow 80%
medium 18%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 55% | A mix: 40% | Plot: 3%

Strong character development?

Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 6% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 42% | Yes: 41% | No: 14%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 48% | Yes: 36% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

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

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