Braća Karamazovi

The influence of this novel, which is considered his greatest work, has not ceased to weaken since its publication. Striking, strong reflections on faith, the meaning of life, love and morality deeply permeate The Brothers Karamazov, as well as low passions, greed, sadness, jealousy and humor.

After the depraved landowner Fyodor Pavlovich was found dead, the life of his three sons changed irrevocably: Mitya, his firstborn, himself a passionate soul possessed by earthly pleasures, immediately fell under suspicion of parricide. The second son Ivan is an intellectual whose mental storms lead to a complete breakdown. Alyoš's third son is a spiritual young man who is doing his best to heal deep family divisions, and there is also the dubious character of their unrecognized half-brother Smerdyakov.

Describing the judicial investigation and the trial that follows the murder, this supreme masterpiece conjures up a world in which the boundaries between innocence and corruption, good and evil, are completely blurred, and where faith in humanity is put to the most severe test. Deeply plunging into the human soul and delineating the psychological portraits of his characters, Dostoevsky fundamentally questions the most important topics of human existence, creating his best work and one of the most precious works of world literature.