Chapter 1
Table of contents THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV PART 1 BOOK 1. THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY Chapter 1. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov Chapter 2. He Gets Rid Of His Eldest Son Chapter 3. The Second Marriage And The Second Family Chapter 4. The Third Son, Alyosha Chapter 5. Elders BOOK 2. AN UNFORTUNATE GATHERING Chapter 1. They Arrive At The Monastery Chapter 2. The Old Buffoon Chapter 3. Peasant Women Who Have Faith Chapter 4. A Lady Of Little Faith Chapter 5. So Be It! So Be It! Chapter 6. Why Is Such A Man Alive? Chapter 7. A Young Man Bent On A Career Chapter 8. The Scandalous Scene BOOK 3. THE SENSUALISTS Chapter 1. In the Servants’ Quarters Chapter 2. Lizaveta Chapter 3. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart — In Verse Chapter 4. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart — In Anecdote Chapter 5. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart — “Heels Up” Chapter 6. Smerdyakov Chapter 7. The Controversy Chapter 8. Over The Brandy Chapter 9. The Sensualists Chapter 10. Both Together Chapter 11. Another Reputation Ruined PART 2 BOOK 4. LACERATIONS Chapter 1. Father Ferapont Chapter 2. At His Father’s Chapter 3. A Meeting With The Schoolboys Chapter 4. At The Hohlakovs’ Chapter 5. A Laceration In The Drawing-Room Chapter 6. A Laceration In The Cottage Chapter 7. And In The Open Air BOOK 5. PRO AND CONTRA Chapter 1. The Engagement Chapter 2. Smerdyakov With A Guitar Chapter 3. The Brothers Make Friends Chapter 4. Rebellion Chapter 5. The Grand Inquisitor Chapter 6. For Awhile A Very Obscure One Chapter 7. “It’s Always Worth While Speaking To A Clever Man” BOOK 6. THE RUSSIAN MONK Chapter 1. Father Zossima And His Visitors Chapter 2. Notes Of The Life Of The Deceased Priest And Monk, The Elder Zossima, Taken From His Own Words By Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov Chapter 3. Conversations And Exhortations Of Father Zossima PART 3 BOOK 7. ALYOSHA Chapter 1. The Breath Of Corruption Chapter 2. A Critical Moment Chapter 3. An Onion Chapter 4. Cana Of Galilee BOOK 8. MITYA Chapter 1. Kuzma Samsonov Chapter 2. Lyagavy Chapter 3. Gold Mines Chapter 4. In The Dark Chapter 5. A Sudden Resolution Chapter 6. “I Am Coming, Too!” Chapter 7. The First And Rightful Lover Chapter 8. Delirium BOOK 9. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION Chapter 1. The Beginning Of Perhotin’s Official Career Chapter 2. The Alarm Chapter 3. The Sufferings Of A Soul Chapter 4. The Second Ordeal Chapter 5. The Third Ordeal Chapter 6. The Prosecutor Catches Mitya Chapter 7. Mitya’s Great Secret Received With Hisses Chapter 8. The Evidences Of The Witnesses. The Babe Chapter 9. They Carry Mitya Away PART 4 BOOK 10. THE BOYS Chapter 1. Kolya Krassotkin Chapter 2. Children Chapter 3. The Schoolboy Chapter 4. The Lost Dog Chapter 5. By Ilusha’s Bedside Chapter 6. Precocity Chapter 7. Ilusha BOOK 11. IVAN Chapter 1. At Grushenka’s Chapter 2. The Injured Foot Chapter 3. A Little Demon Chapter 4. A Hymn And A Secret Chapter 5. Not You, Not You! Chapter 6. The First Interview With Smerdyakov Chapter 7. The Second Visit To Smerdyakov Chapter 8. The Third And Last Interview With Smerdyakov Chapter 9. The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare Chapter 10. “It Was He Who Said That” BOOK 12. A JUDICIAL ERROR Chapter 1. The Fatal Day Chapter 2. Dangerous Witnesses Chapter 3. The Medical Experts And A Pound Of Nuts Chapter 4. Fortune Smiles On Mitya Chapter 5. A Sudden Catastrophe Chapter 6. The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches Of Character Chapter 7. An Historical Survey Chapter 8. A Treatise On Smerdyakov Chapter 9. The Galloping Troika. The End Of The Prosecutor’s Speech Chapter 10. The Speech For The Defence. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways Chapter 11. There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery Chapter 12. And There Was No Murder Either Chapter 13. A Corrupter Of Thought Chapter 14. The Peasants Stand Firm EPILOGUE Chapter 1. Plans For Mitya’s Escape Chapter 2. For A Moment The Lie Becomes Truth Chapter 3. Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech At The Stone