<p>After spending four years in a Siberian penal settlement during which time he underwent a religious conversion Dostoevsky developed a keen ability for deep character analysis. In <em>The Brothers Karamazov</em> he explores human nature at its most loathsome and cruel but never flinches at what he finds.</p> <p><em>The Brothers Karamazov</em> tells the stirring tale of four brothers: the pleasure-seeking impatient Dmitri; the brilliant and morose Ivan; the gentle loving and honest Alyosha; and the illegitimate Smerdyakov: shy silent and cruel. The four unite in the murder of one of literature’s most despicable characters—their father. While on the surface a story about patricide this novel is on a deeper level a spiritual tale of the struggle between faith doubt reason and free will.</p> <p>This passionate novel of ethics and morality religion and philosophy was Dostoevsky’s final and best work.</p></P><P>A Blackstone Audio production.</P>