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The Brothers Karamazov
- Narrated by: Gabriel Woolf
- Length: 37 hrs and 50 mins
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The Brothers Karamazov
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Summary
Fydor Karamazov, a mean and disreputable landowner, has three sons, Dmitry, a profligate army officer; Ivan, a writer with revolutionary ideas; and Alexey, a religious novice. A drama of patricide and fraternal jealousy unfolds, involving the questions of anarchism and atheism, and giving a portrait of Russian society in the turbulent 1870s.
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) was a Russian fiction writer, essayist, and philosopher whose works have been acclaimed all over the world by thinkers as diverse as Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein.
Please note: This is a vintage recording. The audio quality may not be up to modern day standards.
Translated by David Magarshack
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- xxcroxx
- 14-10-21
awful narration best to look for another version
Great story but it was mostly ruined by the performance,
if you enjoy eating, chewing, drinking and what sounded like the tv was on in the background you will love the narration....
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- Peggymac
- 08-05-21
Enjoyed this long and weighty time !
I don't think I could have read this but Audible has made it accessible. It was sometimes biblical and ponderous but no matter, there is so much in this book on the human condition.
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- LC
- 04-03-21
Amazing story with many dimensions
I found this story to be completed engaging from start to finish, as well as being thought provoking and interesting in many ways, exploring some fundamental challenges of human life.
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- Paul
- 06-09-10
Excellent
Good translation and excellent reading, good pace!
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- Sandra
- 13-01-21
Amazing read
Highly recommended, I had to get used to pace and lector's voice but loved it. There were few quite a few philosophical, theological and spiritual passages but it is all needed to make this book such a masterpiece.
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- John Cowan
- 25-08-09
A choice of translations -
This audiobook is a recording of David Magarshack's translation of Brothers Karamazov.
This gives us a welcome choice - we can opt now either for this quite modern translation or the readings of the classic translation by Constance Garnett.
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- Geoffrey G. Harvey
- 13-04-13
Brilliant study of human nature in difficult times
I read the unabridged version and was quite gripped by the story most of the time. Speaking to some Russian PhD students at the University where I work they had not had the same response when they read it during their schooling in Russia. They had found it quite dark and depressing. Perhaps age makes a difference in one’s perception of books. From my perspective I think Dostoevsky’s understanding of human nature is brilliant and I loved the way that he wove the teachings of Christianity in and out of his stories.
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- Nick Jackson
- 25-06-21
unlistenable narration
strange pacing and emphasis and tone. very distracting. shame because I wanted to listen to this translation.
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- Elliot Boggins
- 15-08-19
life is too short
narrator stumbles as if he doesn't have his mind on the job, which is not surprising as 3 chapters in and I'm just about as bored as I've ever been with an audiobook. I'm moving on to something more engaging and better narrated.
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- htspider
- 14-11-22
Love Dostoevsky, cant get on with this
The delivery is very flat. Several hours in I'm not getting on with the languor at all. I'll try a different version. Hopefully I can send this one back...
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