The Brothers Karamazov

Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov, a land owner well...

Why Ivan Fyodorovitch had come amongst us I remember asking myself at the time with a certain...

He was half drunk, and suddenly he grinned his slow halfdrunken grin, which was not without a...

The arrival of his two brothers, whom he had not known till then, seemed to make a great impression...

Though there were no roses now, there were numbers of rare and beautiful autumn flowers growing...

I earnestly beg you, too, not to disturb yourself, and not to be uneasy, the elder said...

But Father Zossima, on entering the portico, went first straight to the peasants who were crowded...

I am a widow these three years, she began in a halfwhisper, with a sort of shudder. I had a hard...

Oh, no, no. I dare not even think of that. But the future life it is such an enigma. And no one, no...

Why didnt you go away just now, after the courteously kissing. Why did you consent to remain in...

Misov was significantly silent. His whole figure expressed extraordinary personal dignity. A...

An unseemly farce which I foresaw when I came here. cried Dmitri indignantly. He too leapt up....

What did it mean, falling at his feet like that. Was it symbolic or what. said Fyodor Pavlovitch,...

Yes, grinned Rakitin. You are hurrying to the Father Superior, I know; he has a banquet. Theres not...

Where can you have heard it. You Karamazovs brag of being an ancient, noble family, though your...

No, you are von Sohn. Your reverence, do you know who von Sohn was. It was a famous murder case. He...

God had not blessed them with children. One child was born but it died. Grigory was fond of...

Alyosha was delighted too, but he did not know how to get over the hurdle. Mitya put his powerful...

My dear, my dear, in degradation, in degradation now, too. Theres a terrible amount of suffering...

Suddenly the new major arrived to take command of the battalion. The old lieutenantcolonel was...

At once, if she will. And if she wont, I shall stay all the same. Ill be the porter at her gate....

No, no, he said. Ill just make the sign of the cross over you, for now. Sit still. Now weve a treat...

You should wait, Grigory Vassilyevitch, if only a short time, and listen, for I havent finished all...

Hm. Its more likely Ivans right. Good Lord. to think what faith, what force of all kinds, man has...

Dmitri suddenly reappeared in the drawingroom. He had, of course, found the other entrance locked,...

It was by now seven oclock, and it was getting dark as Alyosha entered the very spacious and...

Dont dare to speak to me like that, you sorceress, you witch. Disdain you. Here, I must kiss your...

Stay. Look at the night. You see what a dark night, what clouds, what a wind has risen. I hid here...

Alexey Fyodorovitch, she wrote, I am writing to you without any ones knowledge, even mammas, and I...

Within the hour the miracle was of course known to the whole monastery, and many visitors who had...

Remember, young man, unceasingly, Father Passy began, without preface, that the science of this...

Nor did I, I did not mean anything, said the old man, looking at him. Listen, listen, he shouted...

Though I dont know you and its the first time Ive seen you, Alyosha went on with the same serenity,...

But you cant consider me as a child, a little girl, after that silly joke. I beg your pardon for...

Seeing Alyosha, Katerina Ivanovna said quickly and joyfully to Ivan, who had already got up to go,...

Though you assure him you are sorry to lose a friend in him, you persist in telling him to his face...

Then Alyosha opened the door and crossed the threshold. He found himself in a regular peasants...

Have you heard our news. said the mother, pointing at her daughters. Its like clouds coming over;...

They were both standing at the time by the great stone close to the fence, and there was no one...

Alyosha went in. Lise looked rather embarrassed, and at once flushed crimson. She was evidently...

You do, Lise. I shall be leaving the monastery altogether in a few days. If I go into the world, I...

Ah, Alexey Fyodorovitch, thats true, of course, and youll have time to quarrel and separate a...

Ach, as though we could take it amiss in you. drawled Marya Kondratyevna, flattered by Alyoshas...

Yes, and Ive released myself once for all. And after all, what have I to do with Dmitri. Dmitri...

Father Zossima has talked of that more than once, observed Alyosha; he, too, said that the face of...

Even this must have a preface that is, a literary preface, laughed Ivan, and I am a poor hand at...

But ... thats absurd. he cried, flushing. Your poem is in praise of Jesus, not in blame of Him as...

Yet at that moment, though the apprehension of the new and unknown certainly found place in his...

Im bound to admit the fact, Smerdyakov drawled with pedantic composure, that I have a secret with...

Remembering that night long afterwards, Ivan recalled with peculiar repulsion how he had suddenly...

The whole party were in the bedroom which, as we mentioned before, was very small, so that there...

When the servants came in to him he would say continually, Dear, kind people, why are you doing so...

In my youth, long ago, nearly forty years ago, I traveled all over Russia with Father Anfim,...

He started as though he were frightened, and looked at me; and I saw that it was not enough, and on...

No, its not excessive, he answered; believe me, such a course of action is far more difficult than...

They arrested him, and he was tried for the murder; but a week after the arrest, the prisoner fell...

Thats true, he said, but he smiled bitterly. Its terrible the things you find in those books, he...

That is my view of the monk, and is it false. is it too proud. Look at the worldly and all who set...

I took his halfrouble, bowed to him and his wife, and went out rejoicing. And on my way I thought....

God took seeds from different worlds and sowed them on this earth, and His garden grew up and...

The monk from Obdorsk was conspicuous as the most fussy in the excited crowd. He was to be seen...

But the meek Fathers words had little effect and even provoked a mocking retort. Thats all pedantry...

I will go, said Ferapont, seeming somewhat taken aback, but still as bitter. You learned men. You...

You need keeping up, to judge by your face. It makes one sorry to look at you. You didnt sleep all...

I will note, too, in passing, that although many in our town knew of the grotesque and monstrous...

Ech, its not a secret, and you know it, too, Grushenka said, in a voice suddenly anxious, turning...

Dont laugh, Rakitin, dont smile, dont talk of the dead he was better than any one in the world....

It was very late, according to the monastery ideas, when Alyosha returned to the hermitage; the...

But Dmitri, to whom Grushenka, flying away to a new life, had left her last greetings, bidding him...

After his conversation with Alyosha, at the crossroads, he hardly slept all night, and at ten...

For her sake. For her sake, Kuzma Kuzmitch. You understand that its for her, he cried, his voice...

Hes drunk, Mitya decided. Good Lord. What am I to do. What am I to do. And, terribly impatient, he...

Mitya stepped back gloomily, and suddenly something seemed to hit him on the head, as he said...

But the fact was that he had never known Madame Hohlakov well, and had seen nothing of her for the...

Yes, from your gait. You surely dont deny that character can be told from the gait, Dmitri...

And naught but the whispering silence, the line for some reason rose to his mind. If only no one...

Good heavens. what am I doing it for. thought Mitya, suddenly pulling himself together. If I have...

Pyotr Ilyitch seemed to hurry Misha off on purpose, because the boy remained standing with his...

And taking a pen from the table, Mitya rapidly wrote two lines, folded the paper in four, and...

Hell remember it afterwards, Mitya remarked. Woman, I love woman. What is woman. The queen of...

These words would roughly have expressed his feelings, if he had been capable of reasoning. But he...

Theyre two gentlemen from the town.... Theyve come back from Tcherny, and are putting up here. Ones...

Good heavens. I thought he was going to begin again. Grushenka exclaimed nervously. Do you hear,...

Listen, listen. cried Kalganov, bubbling over, if hes telling lies and he often is hes only doing...

Three, panovie, three. Listen, panie, I see youre a sensible man. Take three thousand and go to the...

Well, never mind him, if hes ill. So you meant to shoot yourself to morrow. What a silly boy. What...

You will forgive me for having tormented you. It was through spite I tormented you all. It was for...

She closed her eyes, exhausted, and suddenly fell asleep for an instant. There had certainly been...

How much longer am I to be worried by that awful man. she cried hysterically. How dare you, sir,...

The first room his guests entered was a wellfitted billiardroom, with pictures of English...

Do you remember the fellow that murdered a merchant called Olsufyev, gentlemen. He stole fifteen...

Write it down. You want to write that down. Well, write it; I consent, I give my full consent,...

You should have asked me like that from the beginning, cried Mitya, laughing aloud, and, if you...

He sat with his elbows on the table and his head in his hand. He sat sideways to them and gazed at...

Joking apart, he brought out gloomily. Listen. From the very beginning, almost from the moment when...

I was in want of ten roubles and pledged my pistols with Perhotin, and then went to Madame Hohlakov...

You remember Gridyenko, the copyingclerk, observed the secretary. Last summer he received the wages...

I never knew it. Ive never seen it. This is the first time Ive looked at it. Id only heard of it...

Yes, I see a vital difference. Every man may be a scoundrel, and perhaps every man is a scoundrel,...

You see, I remember once taking a cap for a rag, perhaps to wipe my pen on. I took it without...

The Poles, too, were examined. Though they had gone to bed in their room, they had not slept all...

I thank you sincerely, said Grushenka, bowing to him, Im going with this old gentleman, I am...

Mitya would have said something more, but he broke off and went out. He was at once surrounded by...

And so it was resolved to go in the evening, half a mile from the station, so that the train might...

I know, I only said it to finish the sentence. And dont you ever deceive your mother except just...

Kolya subsided into dignified silence. Smurov, too, was silent. Smurov, of course, worshiped...

Alyosha came out quickly and hastened up to Kolya. Before he reached him, Kolya could see that he...

Returning to the room, he would usually begin doing something to amuse and comfort his precious...

Youd better, the captain started up from the chest by the wall on which he had just sat down, youd...

And Ill bring you as much powder as you like, Ilusha. We make the powder ourselves now. Borovikov...

The study of the classics, if you ask my opinion, is simply a police measure, thats simply why it...

I must own, theyve been at me to go, but I declined. Thats between ourselves, of course, Karamazov;...

Your Excellency, your Excellency ... is it possible. he began, but could not go on and clasped his...

I didnt expect it in the least. Only fancy, he is jealous of the Pole. Why are you keeping him. he...

There ... there. What a girl I am. Blurting things out. exclaimed Grushenka, confused and suddenly...

Ill show you directly. I got the paper and read it yesterday. Here, in the Petersburg paper Gossip....

Thats what your monk taught you. Thats not true. Let me be rich and all the rest poor, Ill eat...

And she almost forcibly pushed Alyosha out of the door. He looked at her with pained surprise, when...

Ive got it. Here it is. Ill read it to you. You dont know I havent told you theres quite a story...

His, his, and he is very keen on it. He didnt come to see me at first, then he suddenly came a week...

I cant behave to her as I ought break off altogether and tell her so straight out, said Ivan,...

I had to go to the cellar anyway, several times a day, indeed, Smerdyakov drawled deliberately. I...

Do you know how he spends his time now. he asked; learning lists of French words by heart. He has...

As you know already, it was simply from fear. For I was in such a position, shaking with fear, that...

FATAL KATYA. Tomorrow I will get the money and repay your three thousand and farewell, woman of...

Hes mad. he cried, and rapidly jumping up, he drew back, so that he knocked his back against the...

What more is there to tell. I lay there and I thought I heard the master shout. And before that...

If I had not taken my decision so firmly for tomorrow, he reflected with satisfaction, I should not...

Never for one minute have I taken you for reality, Ivan cried with a sort of fury. You are a lie,...

There is an anecdote precisely on our subject, or rather a legend, not an anecdote. You reproach me...

The question now is, my young thinker reflected, is it possible that such a period will ever come....

And not you, not you. Alyosha could not help crying, looking frankly at his brother. Never mind...

Everybody was excited at the presence of the celebrated lawyer, Fetyukovitch. His talent was well...

But Fetyukovitch remained an enigma to all up to the very end, up to his speech. Persons of...

Mitya, of course, was pulled up again for the intemperance of his language, but Rakitin was done...

Mitya, of course, was checked, but the young doctors opinion had a decisive influence on the judges...

And, obviously only now for the first time struck by an idea, he recounted eagerly how, at his last...

I am approaching the sudden catastrophe which was perhaps the final cause of Mityas ruin. For I am...

Why, this, Ivan suddenly pulled out a roll of notes. Heres the money ... the notes that lay in that...

Its mine, mine. cried Mitya. I shouldnt have written it, if I hadnt been drunk.... Weve hated each...

Yes, one day perhaps the leading intellects of Russia and of Europe will study the psychology of...

By the way, gentlemen of the jury, weve just touched upon that three thousand roubles, and I will...

But note, frantic as he was, he took with him a brass pestle. Why that. Why not some other weapon....

Quite so, some astute people will tell me, but what if they were in agreement. What if they...

Karamazov felt all this, knew that all ways were barred to him by his crime and that he was a...

The effect of it was amazing. He leapt up and shouted to us, Then Smerdyakov murdered him, it was...

The prisoner, running away in the garden in the dark, climbed over the fence, was seized by the...

But time passed, and Fyodor Pavlovitch did not give the prisoner the expected three thousand; on...

The talented prosecutor, with extraordinary subtlety, sketched for us all the arguments for and...

I said just now that I would not venture to touch upon my clients engagement. But I may say half a...