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    The Brothers Karamazov
    The Brothers Karamazov
    The Brothers Karamazov
    Audiobook37 hours

    The Brothers Karamazov

    Written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Narrated by Constantine Gregory

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    Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a titanic figure among the world’s great authors, and The Brothers Karamazov is often hailed as his finest novel. A masterpiece on many levels, it transcends the boundaries of a gripping murder mystery to become a moving account of the battle between love and hate, faith and despair, compassion and cruelty, good and evil.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateMay 1, 2013
    ISBN9781843796831
    Author

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. Between 1838 and 1843 he studied at the St Petersburg Engineering Academy. His first work of fiction was the epistolary novel Poor Folk (1846), which met with a generally favourable response. However, his immediately subsequent works were less enthusiastically received. In 1849 Dostoevsky was arrested as a member of the socialist Petrashevsky circle, and subjected to a mock execution. He suffered four years in a Siberian penal settlement and then another four years of enforced military service. He returned to writing in the late 1850s and travelled abroad in the 1860s. It was during the last twenty years of his life that he wrote the iconic works, such as Notes from the Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1868) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), which were to form the basis of his formidable reputation. He died in 1881.

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    • 5/5
      MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE!!! Often regarded as the best written work of fiction of all time - it's true. Dostoyevsky's writing is unmatched. The lucidity with which he writes, the social commentary through such a beautiful tale of murder mystery is amazing. It's a real page-turner and hilarious too. It's so deep, you'll find every character you meet in life in this book. Amazing amazing - I'll be reading this a few times! LOVED IT

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I enjoyed listening to this audiobook more than reading the novel. Great narrator.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I read this while in high school, with no real context for it (beyond the other Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, etc that I was also reading), so I'm sure I missed huge swathes of it. Nevertheless, I really liked it. I wish he'd edited a bit, though--40 pages for one monologue seems a bit much, particularly when it's then answered by ANOTHER 40 pages by his companion.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great story—one of the best of world literature , and read by a great reader.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Beautiful in writing style. Jam packed with meaning and philosophy, and a great read. Would definitely recommend it. Dostoyevsky is a brilliant writer.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Well, to me, it seems a bit ridiculous to even attempt a review of this novel. When review has come to represent observations and criticisms or plot re-hashings, there really seems to be little I, or anyone for that matter, could say about The Brothers Karamazov that isn't already known or hasn't already been said by someone wiser and abler. If I were brilliant, I could share a spur-of-the-moment haiku that appropriately captures my feelings for this story. But I'm not. Brilliant, that is. So how about this: it's Russian, it's rich and it's revered. Read it.

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    • 5/5
      What a magnificent piece of literature. So glad that I took the time to listen to this book. A beautiful expression of the complexities of the human soul. It is not a surprise that it is one of the great classics of literature.
    • 5/5
      Shakes my soul and makes understand the fate of humans.
    • 4/5
      There's just something gorgeous about the language in Dostoyevsky. Even when the characters are insane and unpredictable, and you can never quite be sure what they are going to do next.
    • 5/5
      A masterpiece! The reader Constantin is amazing! Highly recommended!
    • 5/5
      Amazing. More interesting and strikingly modern goings-on here than in any other 19th century novel besides Moby Dick, with much more believable characters. I could have done with much more of Ivan Karamazov and less of Alyosha and Dmitri, and certainly the Elder Zosima outstayed his welcome and added a month or two to the time it took me to finish the book. Ivan's freethinking riffs and battle against religious nonsense are stirring and heroic--they're the reason I'll return to the book in year to come.
    • 3/5
      I admit I did not finish this book. But I did read about 2/3 of the book (and all of the Cliff's Notes). I appreciate Dostoyevsky's work but he spends so much time telling us what he is going to tell us, it just drove me crazy. Still, he is a master of the psychological novel. I highly recommend [Crime and Punishment] instead.
    • 5/5
      It took me a year or so to finish this- but I'm so glad I did. Though I took a long time to understand and warm up to the characters, they are brilliantly vivid and alive. All through the book I tried to place myself among the Karamazov brothers but found a piece of each in me. Ivan the intellectual, Alyosha the monk, and Mitya the hedonist; the brothers are magnificently crafted archetypes. The book made me think a lot and I believe I'll be pondering over it for a long time after.
    • 5/5
      The greatest book ever written, wonderfully performed. Listen to this now!
    • 5/5
      This is one of the few books of Dostojevski that still are readable. And what a feast! This book is as "grand" as much of the other great work of D. but, at least here you can find a story that you can follow till the end. And what a beautifull story, thrilling till the end, and touching the very escence of being human.Is eigenlijk een van de weinige boeken van Dostojevski die nog echt overeind blijft, maar dan wel ineens een topper (en een klepper). Het is even breedvoerig (zoniet nog meer) dan de anderen, maar er steekt een verhaallijn in die tot op het eind wordt gevolgd. Stilistisch bovendien prachtig breeduit vertellend. De figuren worden bijna allemaal goed uitgewerkt. Aljosja is duidelijk de hoofdfiguur. En natuurlijk is het verhaal van de Groot-Inquisiteur een klassieker, zij het dat de slavofiele inslag ons westerlingen erg bevreemd.Eerste keer gelezen toen ik 17 jaar was; ik was onmiddellijk gegrepen.
    • 5/5
      Book itself is incredible. A little slow at first. This audiobook has 30sec chunks missing throughout. I want to give 5 stars, but the audiobook is incomplete and these chunks occur during vital parts of the book.
    • 5/5
      Great insight, pattern of writing, politics, religion philosophical views and division of the Karamazov family. Dostoyevsky divine mind has an incredible positive influence on many. Comprehension of the Karamazov brothers for the first time is very difficult, especially the pronunciation of Russians names and keep with pace of each individual character and their roles in the book.
    • 4/5
      A delightful audiobook! An Excellent reading. The genius of Dostoevsky is, sadly, well matched by an incomprehensible division of audio chapters. Some are short, but there is also a 26 hour swamp! No going back to re-listen previoys parts unless you wear your wading-boots.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful novel! Definitely recommend it. Philosophically and intellectually mind grabbing. Great story and moral lessons.
    • 5/5
      So expressively read, this classic came alive for me.
    • 5/5
      This book reveals Dostoevsky’s profound insights into human nature. He deals with deep philosophical and psychological issues so cleverly.
    • 1/5
      Fantastically over dramatic freakishly overwrought. What an exercise in fundamental bad writing.
    • 5/5
      This was an excellent narration of an incredible book! I enjoyed every minute:)
    • 3/5
      2 stars for the first half, 3.5 stars for the second half, compromising with three. The first half was MIND-NUMBINGLY BORING and I could not make myself care about it, but once the crime happened it started getting interesting to me. There was a LOT that could have been edited out even in the more interesting second half, though.
    • 3/5
      This book is listed just about everywhere as a "must read". I have had the book on my shelves for a few years and grew bored with it easily. I am now a big fan of the group read as I think this finally gave me the encouragement to finish this lengthy novel.I am glad that I have read it, and this book is a great tool for discussions of socialism, philosophy, and religion. Parts of it are torture to read, and others are riveting. The story is that of the tumultuous relationship of Fydoor Karamazov and his sons, Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexy. Complete with drunken debauchery, greed, and treatises on heaven versus hell and good versus evil, the Brothers Karamazov is best read in small segments.
    • 5/5
      My first listen of this great author.

      Gregory is a superb Narrator and look forward to more from Fydor.

      Up next The Idiot then perhaps Crime and Punishment.

      37 hours flew by and the book with all the human frailties is as relevant today as 100 years ago.

      Bravo!.

    • 5/5
      I am one who believes this is a classic that stands the test of time. A wonderful story about religion, about good and evil, about family. Yes, the author digresses from the main story; today, such a manuscript would undoubtedly be edited down. But we would then miss so many wonderful, thought-provoking ideas about human nature. Worth reading.
    • 4/5
      Yes a lovely engaging story - maybe too masculine?
    • 3/5
      This novel has such near-universal appeal that I expected to be riveted. Not so. Each day I picked the book up to read, it felt heavier and heavier, and the mere idea of continuing was so oppressive I felt as if I were engaged in a kind of masochism. It's primarily a novel of ideas. At its worse, it is variously pedantic (on the part of the male characters) and hysterical (on the part of the emotionally incontinent female characters), though there are moments of brilliant realism (for example, the interrogation in Part 3). Generally, it was simply tedious, and one of the three stars is out of deference to its canonical status.
    • 5/5
      people often make fun of what is kind and good.