The Brothers Karamazov (version 3): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Brothers Karamazov (version 3), credited to Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Brothers Karamazov (version 3) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. (Translated by Constance Garnett.) Read in English by Bruce Pirie Originally published in serial form in 1879-80, “The Brothers Karamazov” is recognized as one of the very greatest masterpieces of world literature. It is the last and finest novel of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who died before writing a planned sequel. The story is organized initially around the efforts of adult sons to deal with their cantankerous and exasperating father. More important, they also have to deal with the problem of how to live in a world where it is difficult to be sure of the truth — whether that be “truth” about others, about oneself, or about deep questions such as faith, doubt, free will, guilt, and responsibility. Dostoyevsky’s technique underlines the difficulty of attaining sure knowledge. The novel’s psychological and philosophical depth sets the stage for modern novelists such as Joyce, Kafka, and Woolf. “The Brothers Karamazov” has been a favorite book for readers as diverse as Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Putin, and Hillary Clinton. - Summary by Bruce Pirie

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Brothers Karamazov (version 3)
• Author credits: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 96
• Listed recording duration: 39:37:50

Catalogue topics

• religion
• faith
• Russia
• guilt
• free will
• responsibility
• patricide

Opening tracks: first 24 of 96

1. 01 - 01.01 Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov — 9:39
2. 02 - 01.02 He gets rid of his oldest son — 8:55
3. 03 - 01.03 The second marriage and the second family — 17:54
4. 04 - 01.04 The third son, Alyosha — 24:14
5. 05 - 01.05 Elders — 25:27
6. 06 - 02.01 They arrive at the monastery — 12:59
7. 07 - 02.02 The old buffoon — 24:35
8. 08 - 02.03 Peasant women who have faith — 22:11
9. 09 - 02.04 A lady of little faith — 20:46
10. 10 - 02.05 So be it! So be it! — 27:19
11. 11 - 02.06 Why is such a man alive? — 27:04
12. 12 - 02.07 A young man bent on a career — 24:06
13. 13 - 02.08 The scandalous scene — 24:50
14. 14 - 03.01 In the servants' quarters — 15:57
15. 15 - 03.02 Lizaveta — 11:10
16. 16 - 03.03 The confession of a passionate heart — in verse — 22:15
17. 17 - 03.04 The confession of a passionate heart — in anecdote — 21:56
18. 18 - 03.05 The confession of a passionate heart — ''Heels up'' — 22:42
19. 19 - 03.06 Smerdyakov — 15:04
20. 20 - 03.07 The controversy — 14:51
21. 21 - 03.08 Over the brandy — 20:06
22. 22 - 03.09 The sensualists — 14:39
23. 23 - 03.10 Both together — 32:04
24. 24 - 03.11 Another reputation ruined — 21:57

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