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Stylized illustration of four men/boys, one holding a crucifix, in a misty forest with birch trees and a distant church.

Stylized illustration of four men/boys, one holding a crucifix, in a misty forest with birch trees and a distant church.

Published in 1880, The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoyevsky's final novel. It combines a family drama with deep philosophical and theological inquiry, reflecting the author's lifelong engagement with questions of faith, free will, and moral responsibility in late 19th-century Russia. See more