The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“@Erwin_payne3 Love it! The book is nothing less than a piece of art, but that being said, I would have a tough time reading it everyday! | It is a great novel (one of the greatest ever written), but reading it merely as a novel was not enough: I had to look deep within myself and know myself well enough to use it as a magnifying glass into my own flaws and insecurities. | Some of the books that made me. #WorldBookDay”
Source →“@Erwin_payne3 Love it! The book is nothing less than a piece of art, but that being said, I would have a tough time reading it everyday! | It is a great novel (one of the greatest ever written), but reading it merely as a novel was not enough: I had to look deep within myself and know myself well enough to use it as a magnifying glass into my own flaws and insecurities. | Some of the books that made me. #WorldBookDay”
Source →“@Erwin_payne3 Love it! The book is nothing less than a piece of art, but that being said, I would have a tough time reading it everyday! | It is a great novel (one of the greatest ever written), but reading it merely as a novel was not enough: I had to look deep within myself and know myself well enough to use it as a magnifying glass into my own flaws and insecurities. | Some of the books that made me. #WorldBookDay”
Source →Recommended by 5 notable people, including Jordan Peterson and Susan J. Fowler
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Fiction, For Men, and Most Recommended Books.
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky?s crowning achievement, is a tale of patricide and family rivalry that embodies the moral and spiritual dissolution of an entire society (Russia in the 1870s). It created a national furor comparable only to the excitement stirred by the publication, in 1866, of Crime and Punishment. To Dostoevsky, The Brothers Kar...
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Fiction, For Men, and Most Recommended Books.
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“@Erwin_payne3 Love it! The book is nothing less than a piece of art, but that being said, I would have a tough time reading it everyday! | It is a great novel (one of the greatest ever written), but reading it merely as a novel was not enough: I had to look deep within myself and know myself well enough to use it as a magnifying glass into my own flaws and insecurities. | Some of the books that made me. #WorldBookDay”
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