In the following years he published his most enduring and successful books, including Crime and Punishment (1865). 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. His wife died in 1864 and he married Anna Grigoryeva Snitkina. In the following years he spent a lot of time abroad, struggled with an addiction to gambling and fell deeply in debt. Trade Paperback available at Half Price Books. After his release he adopted more conservative and traditional values and rejected his previous socialist position. The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Pevear, Richard / Volokhonsky, Larissa. In 1857 he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. After a mock-execution his sentence was commuted to hard labour in Siberia where he developed epilepsy.He was released in 1854.His 1860 book, The House of the Dead was based on these experiences. His first book, Poor Folk, did very well but on 23rd April 1849 he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death.

He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to change careers and become a writer. 'The Brothers Karamazov tells the story of Dimitri, Ivan and Alyosha, three brothers who deal with the aftermath of the murder of their father. He had six siblings and his mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839.

Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November 1821. Winner of the Pen/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation PrizeThe 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.

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