Jan van der Eng

Jan M. Meijer

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons--the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha--are all involved at some level. Brilliantly bound up with this psychological drama is Dostoevsky's intense and disturbing exploration of many deeply felt ideas about the existence of God, freedom of will, the collective nature of guilt, and the disastrous consequences of rationalism. Filled with eloquent voices, this new translation fully realizes the power and dramatic virtuosity of Dostoevsky's most brilliant work.

The Brothers Karamazov

This volume contains 18 papers derived from presentations by Dutch linguists at the Eighth International Congress of Slavists.

Dutch Contributions to the Eighth International Congress of Slavists, Zagreb, Ljubljana, September 39, 1978

A. G. F. van Holk

The Tales of Belkin by A. S. Puškin

Dutch Contributions to the Eighth International Congress of Slavists, Zagreb, Ljubljana, September 3-9, 1978

The Tales of Belkin

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons―the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture. 

Jan M. Meijer

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