The Great Books

The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

Constance Garnett's translation, 1912. 102 parts, about 347,438 words, 26 hours of reading. Source edition.

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Contents

  1. Part I, I: Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov1,328 words
  2. Part I, II: He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son1,296 words
  3. Part I, III: The Second Marriage and the Second Family2,582 words
  4. Part I, IV: The Third Son, Alyosha3,503 words
  5. Part I, V: Elders3,625 words
  6. Part I, I: They Arrive at the Monastery1,794 words
  7. Part I, II: The Old Buffoon3,573 words
  8. Part I, III: Peasant Women Who Have Faith3,234 words
  9. Part I, IV: A Lady of Little Faith3,024 words
  10. Part I, Chapter V3,671 words
  11. Part I, Chapter VI3,930 words
  12. Part I, VII: A Young Man Bent on a Career3,459 words
  13. Part I, VIII: The Scandalous Scene3,504 words
  14. Part I, I: In the Servants’ Quarters2,248 words
  15. Part I, II: Lizaveta1,644 words
  16. Part I, III: The Confession of a Passionate Heart⁠—In Verse3,371 words
  17. Part I, IV: The Confession of a Passionate Heart⁠—In Anecdote3,370 words
  18. Part I, V: The Confession of a Passionate Heart⁠—“Heels Up”3,362 words
  19. Part I, VI: Smerdyakov2,143 words
  20. Part I, VII: The Controversy2,172 words
  21. Part I, VIII: Over the Brandy2,878 words
  22. Part I, IX: The Sensualists2,062 words
  23. Part I, X: Both Together4,436 words
  24. Part I, XI: Another Reputation Ruined3,148 words
  25. Part II, I: Father Ferapont4,123 words
  26. Part II, II: At His Father’s1,953 words
  27. Part II, III: A Meeting with the Schoolboys1,820 words
  28. Part II, IV: At the Hohlakovs’2,312 words
  29. Part II, V: A Laceration in the Drawing-Room4,514 words
  30. Part II, VI: A Laceration in the Cottage3,312 words
  31. Part II, VII: And in the Open Air4,382 words
  32. Part II, I: The Engagement4,441 words
  33. Part II, II: Smerdyakov with a Guitar2,555 words
  34. Part II, III: The Brothers Make Friends3,834 words
  35. Part II, IV: Rebellion1 passage · 4,925 words
  36. Part II, V: The Grand Inquisitor1 passage · 9,260 words
  37. Part II, VI: For Awhile a Very Obscure One4,328 words
  38. Part II, VII: “It’s Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man”3,394 words
  39. Notes of the Life of the deceased Priest and Monk, the Elder Zossima, taken from his own words by Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov. Biographical Notes (a) Father Zossima’s Brother1 passage · 1,724 words
  40. (b) Of the Holy Scriptures in the Life of Father Zossima2,830 words
  41. (c) Recollections of Father Zossima’s Youth before he became a Monk. The Duel3,213 words
  42. (d) The Mysterious Visitor5,908 words
  43. (e) The Russian Monk and his possible Significance1,102 words
  44. (f) Of Masters and Servants, and of whether it is possible for them to be Brothers in the Spirit1,871 words
  45. (g) Of Prayer, of Love, and of Contact with other Worlds1,274 words
  46. (h) Can a Man judge his Fellow Creatures? Faith to the End831 words
  47. (i) Of Hell and Hell Fire, a Mystic Reflection771 words
  48. Part III, I: The Breath of Corruption5,173 words
  49. Part III, II: A Critical Moment2,419 words
  50. Part III, III: An Onion7,823 words
  51. Part III, IV: Cana of Galilee2,075 words
  52. Part III, I: Kuzma Samsonov4,770 words
  53. Part III, II: Lyagavy2,967 words
  54. Part III, III: Goldmines4,738 words
  55. Part III, IV: In the Dark2,387 words
  56. Part III, V: A Sudden Resolution6,312 words
  57. Part III, VI: “I Am Coming, Too!”3,109 words
  58. Part III, VII: The First and Rightful Lover6,339 words
  59. Part III, VIII: Delirium5,607 words
  60. Part III, I: The Beginning of Perhotin’s Official Career2,819 words
  61. Part III, II: The Alarm2,696 words
  62. Part III, III: The Sufferings of a Soul, the First Ordeal3,583 words
  63. Part III, IV: The Second Ordeal3,019 words
  64. Part III, V: The Third Ordeal4,411 words
  65. Part III, VI: The Prosecutor Catches Mitya3,178 words
  66. Part III, VII: Mitya’s Great Secret. Received with Hisses4,775 words
  67. Part III, VIII: The Evidence of the Witnesses. The Babe3,920 words
  68. Part III, IX: They Carry Mitya Away1,524 words
  69. Part IV, I: Kolya Krassotkin2,248 words
  70. Part IV, II: Children2,263 words
  71. Part IV, III: The Schoolboy2,911 words
  72. Part IV, IV: The Lost Dog3,260 words
  73. Part IV, V: By Ilusha’s Bedside6,667 words
  74. Part IV, VI: Precocity2,635 words
  75. Part IV, VII: Ilusha1,393 words
  76. Part IV, I: At Grushenka’s3,938 words
  77. Part IV, II: The Injured Foot4,381 words
  78. Part IV, III: A Little Demon2,544 words
  79. Part IV, IV: A Hymn and a Secret1 passage · 5,812 words
  80. Part IV, Chapter V2,243 words
  81. Part IV, VI: The First Interview with Smerdyakov3,998 words
  82. Part IV, VII: The Second Visit to Smerdyakov3,859 words
  83. Part IV, VIII: The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov6,408 words
  84. Part IV, IX: The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare7,936 words
  85. Part IV, X: “It Was He Who Said That”2,249 words
  86. Part IV, I: The Fatal Day2,809 words
  87. Part IV, II: Dangerous Witnesses3,802 words
  88. Part IV, III: The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts2,292 words
  89. Part IV, IV: Fortune Smiles on Mitya3,980 words
  90. Part IV, V: A Sudden Catastrophe4,126 words
  91. Part IV, VI: The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches of Character4,039 words
  92. Part IV, VII: An Historical Survey2,060 words
  93. Part IV, VIII: A Treatise on Smerdyakov4,092 words
  94. Part IV, IX: The Galloping Troika. The End of the Prosecutor’s Speech4,574 words
  95. Part IV, X: The Speech for the Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways1,702 words
  96. Part IV, XI: There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery2,814 words
  97. Part IV, XII: And There Was No Murder Either3,411 words
  98. Part IV, XIII: A Corrupter of Thought3,413 words
  99. Part IV, XIV: The Peasants Stand Firm2,570 words
  100. Epilogue, I: Plans for Mitya’s Escape2,214 words
  101. Epilogue, II: For a Moment the Lie Becomes Truth3,095 words
  102. Epilogue, III: Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech at the Stone4,022 words