The Brothers Karamazov (Full Version) audiobook cover - When the dissolute Fyodor Karamazov and his three very different sons are pulled into the same orbit, old grievances ignite questions of faith, morality, and guilt—until a looming catastrophe forces each brother to confront what he believes, and what he can bear.

The Brothers Karamazov (Full Version)

When the dissolute Fyodor Karamazov and his three very different sons are pulled into the same orbit, old grievances ignite questions of faith, morality, and guilt—until a looming catastrophe forces each brother to confront what he believes, and what he can bear.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s final and most expansive novel, The Brothers Karamazov is a family drama that widens into a searching inquiry into conscience, belief, and responsibility. Centered on the corrupt and ridiculous landowner Fyodor Pavlovich and his sons—passionate Dmitri, cerebral Ivan, and spiritually inclined Alyosha—the book traces how love, contempt, inheritance, and humiliation can turn kinship into a battleground.

As tensions thicken, Dostoyevsky interweaves courtroom realism, dark comedy, and philosophical confrontation, testing ideas of freedom, God, evil, and moral choice against the pressures of everyday life. Revered for its psychological depth and spiritual intensity, the novel stands as a landmark of world literature: a story that feels intimate and immediate while daring to ask the largest questions a human life can hold.

Who Should Listen

  • Listeners drawn to psychologically rich novels about family conflict, guilt, and moral reckoning
  • Readers interested in big philosophical questions—faith, doubt, freedom, and the problem of evil—embedded in compelling drama
  • Fans of sweeping classics that combine dark humor, social observation, and unforgettable characters

About the Authors

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) was a Russian novelist whose work reshaped modern fiction through intense psychological realism and profound moral inquiry. After early success, he was arrested in 1849, subjected to a mock execution, and sent to Siberian imprisonment—experiences that marked his lifelong engagement with suffering, faith, and freedom. His major novels include Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov, his final masterpiece. Dostoyevsky’s influence spans literature, philosophy, and theology, inspiring writers and thinkers worldwide with his dramatic narratives and inner portraits of the human soul.