![]() ![]() Many literary critics refuse to take the novel on its own terms. The Brothers Karamazov is a grave and absorbing literary accomplishment, and yet I believe that it is often misunderstood. Yet, as it stands, The Brothers Karamazov is a remarkable work that explores the whole human range of behavior, from the depths of depravity to the heights of exultation and from the meanness of the human spirit to the great nobility of which it is capable. In a letter to his publisher upon its initial submission, he anticipated living another 20 years, but he died within two months of making that statement. ![]() Dostoevsky, however, did not regard the novel as complete, and he had planned to conclude some of the novel’s unfinished themes. The Brothers Karamazov was completed in the last two years of his life. I believe The Brothers Karamazov is his finest achievement, although he may be better known for Crime and Punishment. ![]() No other novelist explored the souls of his characters so completely as did the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881). See the first post for a list of 16 classics every Christian should know. In the series, we’re excerpting summaries Ken Boa has produced over the years on classic works of literature. ![]()
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