Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Broschiertes Buch

The Brothers Karamazov

Beschreibung

The Karamazov Brothers was the last book that Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote. Writing The Brothers Karamazov, published as a serial in The Russian Messenger from January 1879 to November 1880, Dostoevsky spent about two years on this work. Less than four months they have separated Dostoevsky's death from publication. It is praised as among the best works of global literature. The Brothers Karamazov, a fervent philosophical book about issues of God, free choice, and morality set in 19th-century Russia, With a narrative centered on patricide, it has also been characterized as a theological drama addressing issues of faith, doubt, and reason in the framework of a modernizing Russia. Much of the book Dostoevsky wrote in Staraya Russa, which motivated the primary location, Though Dostoevsky started his initial notes for The Brothers Karamazov in April 1878, the book used ideas and themes from an earlier, unfinished project he had started in 1869 called The Life of a Great Sinner. Considered to be the original draft of the first chapter of The Brothers Karamazov, Drama in Tobolsk is another unfinished effort. Based on a real-life soldier from Omsk, it chronicles a fictitious murder in Staraya Russa carried out by a praporshik called Dmitry Ilynskov, who is believed to have killed his father. Dated 13 September 1874 It then notes that the father's corpse was unexpectedly found under a home in a hole.

Autor

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist, journalist, and philosopher born on November 11, 1821, in Moscow. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest literary figures in Russian and world literature. Dostoyevsky was the second son of a former army doctor. His mother died when he was young, and his father was murdered by his own serfs when Dostoyevsky was 18. These events greatly influenced his writing, which often explores themes of suffering, redemption, and the human condition. Dostoyevsky began his writing career in the 1840s, with works like "Poor Folk" and "The Double." He was arrested in 1849 for participating in a political group, and spent several years in prison and exile in Siberia. This experience would later inform his writing, particularly in his novel "The House of the Dead." After his release, Dostoyevsky wrote several of his most famous works, including "Crime and Punishment," "The Idiot," and "The Brothers Karamazov." He was known for his psychological depth and his exploration of philosophical and religious themes. Dostoyevsky died on February 9, 1881, in St. Petersburg, Russia, leaving behind a legacy of literary masterpieces that continue to be read and studied to this day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BigfontBooks
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1381g
• ISBN-13: 9781963956573
• ISBN-10: 1963956575
• Artikelnr.: 71257170