BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

"THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV" IS A MURDER MYSTERY, A COURTROOM DRAMA, AND AN EXPLORATION OF EROTIC RIVALRY IN A SERIES OF TRIANGULAR LOVE AFFAIRS INVOLVING KARAMAZOV AND HIS THREE SONS - THE IMPULSIVE AND SENSUAL DMITRI; THE COLDLY RATIONAL IVAN; AND THE HEALTHY YOUNG NOVICE ALYOSHA. THROUGH THE GRIPPING EVENTS OF THEIR STORY, DOSTOEVSKY PORTRAYS THE SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL STRIVINGS IN WHAT WAS BOTH A GOLDEN AGE AND A TRAGIC TURNING POINT IN RUSSIAN CULTURE.