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In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, three brothers are forced to deal with the repercussions of their father’s untimely death and the fact that it may have been a patricide. Summary of the Book No one likes Fyodor Karamazov, not his neighbours or his own family. His three sons, fathered through two marriages, don’t particularly care for him. The sensualist, wine and women-loving Dmitri doesn’t come home much unless it’s to talk about his inheritance. The rationalist, Ivan, is constantly pondering away the hours by thinking about how the world rankles from the weight of all the injustice. Alyosha, the kind and caring monk, is universally loved, called Alyosha by all. However, when the old man dies, suspicion falls on his sons. Which of the three sons hated Fyodor Karamazov enough to kill him? In Dostoevsky’s last and most famous novel, he debates the existence of God, the justification of patricide and the meaning of free will and morality. About Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer, and philosopher. He is best remembered for Crime and Punishment and The Idiot. Dostoyevsky’s works explore the themes of human psychology in the context of the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th century Russia and he has influenced generations of writers both in his homeland and abroad. The above title was adapted several times into films, most notably in 1958 by Richard Brooks, starring Yul Brynner, Richard Basehart, William Shatner and Albert Salmi.