The Brothers Karamazov: A Russian Classic Courtroom Mystery

What an extraordinary and wonderful book! It feels real, that these people exist beyond the pages. Funny, shocking, profound, delightful. All life is here.

I have four versions of the Brothers Karamazov. During our deep dive a few of us discussed any problems with the translation from Russian and finding Dosetovsky’s real voice rather than the translator. I know that sounds pretentious but when reading philosophy and prose it was important. For me this was the best version. Easy to read text with good annotations for explanation and research. Let’s just say hardly anyone reads this book for fun but for a challenge so it was great to have a good translation. Book review wise it is one of the best books ever wrote get a student guide to get the most from your reading. A masterpiece and well worth the time and effort

Dostoevsky is a great writer and in this edition thanks to a accurate translation, you can savour his majestic style.

Now read for the second time, this is for me Dostoevsky's greatest novel. From the very comic meeting in the monastery (at least I find it comic) of father Karamazov with various others to the burial of a young boy at the end, so much unfolds. The dialogue is often nightmarish and the actions of the various characters often equally so - as well as virtually incomprehensible at times. Amid all this the various themes close to Dostoevsky's heart are played out; among them the existence of God and the coming to be of the "modern" mind where perhaps "all will be permitted".

The greatest novel ever written.

A unique book that leaves you with some of the most memorable characters and images you will ever find in a novel. Besides the main plot, which gets quite wild at times, it also reaches into the 'accursed questions'; God, human destiny, the future of Russia, Brexit (Okay, the last one's not true). May occasionally be slightly hard-going but it can also be quite awesome, and it's well worth the effort. I think that everyone should read it at least once in their lifetime.

One of the best books I have ever read and I do read plenty. Reading a translated version of a Russian book, I was sceptical at first but the more I read the better it got. This book touches your deepest emotions. I will be reading other works of Dostoyevsky.

For the price I couldn't ask for more. However it has two rips due to transportation.

essa versão é a mais extensa das traduções, mas teoricamente a mais fiel ao texto original. um retrato de uma sociedade não tão diferente da atual, descrita brilhantemente por dostoievsky

One of Russia's greatest novel superbly translated! Entrancing, lively, diverse ranging from theology to psychology and yet thrilling. Worth reading and rereading.

Don't be put off by the first half, that could seem clunky and contrived. The second half is truly sublime.

La traducción de Richard Pevar es muy buena. Logra contar la historia manteniendo el sentido original, sin simplificar el texto original.

En estos casos la traducción y las notas del traductor son muy importantes para entender los detalles y la verdad que suma mucho a l texto lineal de las descripciones y los lugares. El vendedor es muy serio, tuve problemas con el envío y me lo solucionaron.