The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov ( БратьяКарамазовы ) is a novel of Dostoïevski published in 1880.

Regarded by several as a masterpiece (Sigmund Freud itself classifies it among the three greater dramas of the History), this book tells the history of 3 (even 4) wire of Fiodor Karamazov, and of the parricide made by one of them. Each of the three represents a ideal-type of the Russian company of the end of the 19th century: Alexeï (or Aliocha), the protagonist, is a man of faith; Ivan, his/her brother, is an intellectual; Dimitri (or Mitia), their elder half-brother, is a man of defect and passion, incarnating according to the " author; the man russe". The universe describes in this book is rather vast, cash tens of characters.

The account contains another account, second part, delivers V, chapter V, entitled Large Inquisiteur (the text on Wikisource). He reports a meeting in Spain, with the Rebirth, between a bishop, high figure of the Spanish enquiry, and Jesus, the first reproaching the second his return, which comes " déranger" the Church. This account, made by Ivan with his/her Aliocha brother, exposes the thesis of Ivan according to which Jesus, while resisting the temptation of the power, and thus leaving the free man choose to believe or not, was mistaken on the human nature and made the man unhappy; indeed, according to Ivan, the man is not God, and therefore he does not hate anything more than freedom. The bishop of the account represents the all-powerful Church which continued work of Christ but by canting it, i.e. by taking again this freedom with the man who, according to him, is some much happier.

Freud will say this work which it is about the " the most imposing novel which one never has écrit" ( Dostoïevski and the parricide ).

Plan of the work

First part

Book first: History of a family

I. Fiodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
II. Karamazov gets rid of its first wire
III. Second marriage and new children
IV. The third wire: Aliocha
V. the Startsy

Book II: A moved meeting

I. the arrival with the monastery
II. The old buffoon
III. Believing women
IV. A lady of little faith
V. Thus is it!
VI. Why such a man see did?
VII. The seminarist-go-getter
VIII. A scandal

Book III: The luxurieux

I. In the anteroom
II. Elisabeth Smerdiachtchaïa
III. Confession of a burning heart. In worms
IV. Confession of a burning heart. By anecdotes
V. Confession of a burning heart. The upside down
VI. Smerdiakov
VII. A controversy
VIII. By tasting the cognac
IX. The luxurieux
X. both unit
XI. Still a reputation of lost

Second part

Book IV: Tearings

I. the father Théraponte
II. Aliocha in his/her father
III. The meeting with the schoolboys
IV. At the ladies Khokhlakov
V. tearing in the living room
VI. Tearing in the izba
VII. And in the open air

Book V: Pro and countered

I. engagement
II. Smerdiakov and its guitar
III. The brothers make knowledge
IV. The revolt
V. Large Inquisiteur
VI. Where the darkness still reigns
VII. There is pleasure to cause with a man of spirit

Book VI: A Russian monk

I. the starets Zosime and its hosts
II. Fragments of the life of the starets Zosime, deadened in the Lord, written according to his words by Alexéï Fiodorovitch Karamazov

a) the young brother of the starets Zosime
b) Scriptures in the life of the starets Zosime
c) Memories of youth of the starets Zosime still in the world. The duel
d) the mysterious visitor

III. Extract of the talks and the doctrines of the starets Zosime

E) Of the Russian monk and his possible role
F) Of the Masters and the servants: can they become mutually brothers in spirit?
G) Of the prayer, the love, the contact with the other worlds.
H) can one be the judge of his similar? Faith until the end
I) Of the hell and fire eternal. Mystical considerations

Third part

Book VII: Aliocha

I. noxious odor
II. In similar moment
III. The onion
IV. The wedding at Cana

Book VIII: Mitia

I. Kouzma Samsonov
II. Liagavi
III. Gold mines
IV. In darkness
V. a sudden decision
VI. It is me which arrives!
VII. The old one and undeniable the
VIII. Be delirious

Book IX: The preparatory instruction

I. beginnings of the civil servant Perkhotine
II. Alarm
III. Tribulations of a heart. First tribulation
IV. Second tribulation
V. Third tribulation
VI. The prosecutor confuses Mitia
VII. The great secrecy of Mitia. It is scoffed
VIII. Deposition of the witnesses. The “little laddie”
IX. One takes along Mitia

Fourth part

Book X: Boys.

I. Kolia Krassotkine
II. The kids
III. The schoolboy
IV. Scarab3ee
V. With the bedside of Ilioucha
VI. Early development
VII. Ilioucha

Book XI: Ivan Fiodorovitch.

I. At Grouchegnka
II. The sick foot
III. An imp
IV. The anthem and the secrecy
V. It is not you!
VI. First interview with Smerdiakov
VII. Second interview with Smerdiakov
VIII. Third and last interview with Smerdiakov
IX. Devil. Hallucination of Ivan Fiodorovitch
X. “It is him which said that! ”

Book XII: A miscarriage of justice.

I. the fatal day
II. Dangerous witnesses
III. Medical expertise and a pound hazel nuts
IV. The chance smiles to Mitia
V. Abrupt catastrophe
VI. The indictment. Characteristic
VII. Historic insight
VIII. Essay on Smerdiakov
IX. Psychology with the vapor. The carried troika. Peroration
X. the pleading. A weapon with two edges
XI. Neither money, nor flight
XII. There was not assassination
XIII. A sophist
XIV. The mujiks held firm

Epilog.

I. Projects of escape
II. For one moment the lie became truth
III. Burial of Ilioucha. Short speech close to the stone

Adaptation to the cinema

The Brothers Karamazov (1958), of Richard Brooks

External bond

The original text

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