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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Name: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Birth Date: 1821
Death Date: January 28, 1881
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Gender: Male
Occupations: novelist, author

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Biography of Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
15396 words, approx. 51.3 pages
Among European writers of the nineteenth century Fyodor Dostoevsky is the preeminent novelist of modernity. He explored the far-ranging moral, religious, psychological, social, political, and artistic ramifications of the breakdown of traditional structu...
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Biography of Fedor Dostoevsky
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Russian writer Fedor Dostoevsky represents many things to many people. There is Dostoevsky the existentialist, Dostoevsky the psychologist, Dostoevsky the arch conservative who foretold the repression and tyranny of the Soviet state, Dostoevsky the Ortho...
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Biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky
2156 words, approx. 7.2 pages
The Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) mixed social, Gothic, and sentimental elements with psychological irrationalism and visionary religion. The form of the novel vastly increased in scope and flexibility as a result of his works. Fyodor Do...


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The Brothers Karamazov Information
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The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы in Russian, /'bratʲjə karə'mazəvɨ/) is the last novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, generally considered the culmination of his life's work. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years...


News and Journals
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Journal of European Studies
Dostoevsky: The Brothers Karamazov. (book reviews)
12/01/1993: 703 words, approx. 2 pages
W J. Leatherbarrow's concise introduction to The Brothers Karamazov is mainly devoted to an interpretation 'centred upon the novel's preoccupation with justice, order and disorder' (p. 3). Beginning with Fedor Karamazov's paternal neglect, Leatherbarrow traces how the fatal breakdown in the Karamazov family becomes...
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The Washington Post
'Karamazov': Brothers on the Move
11/07/2003: 696 words, approx. 2 pages
They mug. They gesticulate. They stand partly concealed behind black panels and -- for no obvious reason -- make cryptic, spidery movements with their fingers. No, subtlety is not a characteristic of the performers in "The Brothers Karamazov," the Stanislavsky Theater Studio's bold and...
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greatreporter.com
Dark Genius: A Dostoevsky Quiz
10/8/2007: 289 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 10:Though he had no interest in it, Dostoevsky was pushed by his stern and domineering father into becoming...?A doctorAn accountant An engineer An architectQuestion 2 of 10:He would go onto write richly woven epics, but Dostoevsky 's first novel was a relatively...
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Kyodo World Service
FEATURE: Classic literature enjoys renaissance thanks to new translations
10/31/2007: 696 words, approx. 2 pages
There may be a recession in the publishing industry, but a newly translated edition of the Dostoyevsky masterpiece ''The Brothers Karamazov,'' published by Kobunsha Co., flew off shelves at bookstores this summer. Kobunsha has been publishing pocketbook-sized editions of newly translated foreign...


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Alyosha: the Monk Karamazov Analysis
689 words, approx. 2 pages
Discusses the novel The Brothers Karamazov, by Fydor Dostoevsky. Describes how Dostoevsky tries to give insight into humanity based on the analysis of the thoughts and actions of a select few. Considers how Alyosha Fyodorovich Karamazov, provides a stark contrast to the other characters in the story, with his saintly demeanor juxtaposing their sinfulness.


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