I just posted in the links section the link to the e-text on ccel.org, and I've included it here. http://www.ccel.org/d/dostoevsky/karamozov/karamozov.html...
Here is the Wikipedia article on the novel. It has a broad outline. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Karamazov Greg Yankey Denton, TX My Web Site Is: ...
And for the really daring... How about the outline and full text in unabridged Russian. http://www.magister.msk.ru/library/dostoevs/karamazo.htm ... Yours, ...
Let me also add that I have uploaded 2 PDF files (courtesy of PDF Planet and 4.8 MB in size) of the entire text to the BrothersK Yahoo Group website (see the...
Sorry Eric, I just saw that there was a links page on the group site on which you posted most of what I just emailed everyone about. Well at least the...
When you get to book two, chapter six ("Why is such a man alive?"), notice the reason Dmitri gives in the third paragraph for showing up late to the meeting at...
As I've been reading tBK, I've been trying to track the role of the narrator (as a first-person character) in the story. My impression is that in Book One, the...
[Book II, ch. 5] Ivan's controversial article advocates the Church government as head and ultimate goal for every government (State) on earth. Father Zossima...
For whatever they might be worth, here are a couple of random, theological observations on the assigned reading. Nuancing total depravity. In book 1, ch. 3,...
This may tie into the Legend of the Grand Inquisitor later on in the book. For future reference, First Things also has several articles written on Dostoevsky,...
Thanks so much for your contribution, Robert. There's even more here to digest than I had realized. I'll keep this in mind as we work our way towards the...
Dear BK Readers, Since today is the day to be done with Part I, let's have everyone send an e-mail indicating where they are in the reading and whether or not...
That's a good point. Ivan's essay is a little puzzling considering that his attitudes to the church. Father Zossimov, on the other hand, seems to agree with...
Seems like for the first time in "Both Together" we learn that Alyosha has questions concerning his judgment of character. His first impression of Katerina...
Not sure how useful this will be because I haven't begun Brothers K yet. Perhaps you all will be able to see some similarities between Myshkin and others of...
Paul's email from Thursday distinguing love from merely being nice, and that only love can save where nicety cannot, reminded me of the following quote from...
This brings up a question I have had regarding the theology of the Brothers K. It seems that in the book conversion involves the recognition not only that a...
First of all, greetings to everyone, especially to those who don't already know me. I was a classmate of Eric's at Westminster, and I'm Eastern Orthodox,...
Stephen, Fascinating remarks on Eastern Orthodox theology and responsibility for sin in Russian literature. Two questions: 1) Have you run across this sort...
Stephen, Thank you for you very helpful comments. I'm glad you are here to help us understand how Eastern Orthodox theology influences the themes of the novel....
Fellow Brothers K readers: I am finally enjoying the experience of reading through Brothers K for the first time. This week I had the privilege of hearing two...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the BrothersK group. File : /Figure in...