This first volume in David Magarshack's excellent modern translation introduces Fyodor Karamazov, a mean and disreputable Russian landowner, and his three legitimate sans: Dmitry, a profligate army officer; Ivan, a writer with revolutionary ideas; and Alexey, a religious novice. They meet to resolve a family dispute in the presence of the monk Zossima.
The cover shows an engraving of Dostoyevsky by Victor Dobruv
This first volume in David Magarshack's excellent modern translation introduces Fyodor Karamazov, a mean and disreputable Russian landowner, and his three legitimate sans: Dmitry, a profligate army officer; Ivan, a writer with revolutionary ideas; and Alexey, a religious novice. They meet to resolve a family dispute in the presence of the monk Zossima.
The cover shows an engraving of Dostoyevsky by Victor Dobruv