The Brothers Karamazov

Synopsis

The final masterpiece from the celebrated author of crime and punishment and the idiot. This extraordinary novel, dostoyevsky's last and greatest work, tells the dramatic story of four brothers--dmitri, pleasure-seeking, impatient, unruly. Ivan, brilliant and morose. Alyosha, gentle, loving, honest. And the illegitimate smerdyakov, sly, silent, cruel. Driven by intense passion, they become involved in the brutal murder of their own father, one of the most loathsome characters in all literature.