Title: The Brothers Karamazov Pdf A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Published Date: 2003-02-27
Page: 1013
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), one of nineteenth-century Russia’s greatest novelists, spent four years in a convict prison in Siberia, after which he was obliged to enlist in the army. In later years his penchant for gambling sent him deeply into debt. Most of his important works were written after 1864, including Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov, all available from Penguin Classics.David McDuff was educated at the University of Edinburgh and has translated a number of works for Penguin Classics, including Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.David McDuff was educated at the University of Edinburgh and has translated a number of works for Penguin Classics, including Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.
The Brothers Karamazov is Still a Great Novel Most people know that The Brothers Karamazov is an amazing novel, so I will only be criticizing the translation; however, I haven't read any other translations to verify my knowledge on the subject, and I would suggest going getting samples of different translations in order to best suit your needs.The Richard Peaver & Larissa Volokhonsky translation of The Brothers Karamazov is good. It's being marketed as the best, but it really isn't. There is not a 'best' translation of Dostoyevsky, or really, any other Russian author I've researched; no, there isn't a 'best' translation of a book that I know of. To my understanding the Peaver translations usually stick incredibly close to the original source material, which is a double edged sword; most people want a translation that doesn't loose something or other in translation. This one is very close to doing so, but as I said it's a double edged sword; they leave in the syntax, and a very foreign syntax at that. This can cause problems for a casual reader, but it wasn't a problem for me. What really matters is the readers personal preference. I will add the first sentence of the P&V, McDuff, and Garnett translations to see which one you'd most like:"Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov was the third son of a land owner from our district, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, well known is his own day (and still remembered among us) because of his dark and tragic death, which happened exactly thirteen years ago and which I shall speak of in its proper place." - P&V"Aleksey Fyodorovich Karamazov was the third son of a landowner in our district, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, so noted in his time (and even now still recollected among us) for his tragic and fishy death, which occurred just thirteen years ago and which I shall report in its proper context." - McDuff"Alexey Fyodorovich Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, a landowner well known in our district in his own day, and still remembered among us owing to his gloomy and tragic death, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I shall describe in its proper place." - GarnettMoving on to the edition I have. It's ISBN is 978-0374528379, but it is the best selling edition as of 8/1/2017; you probably won't have any trouble finding it. This paperback is a great durable edition. I kept it in my backpack for school each day for basically the entire second semester without too much serious wear (check the photos to judge yourself). The font is big enough to read well without straining your eyes... or at least it was for me. It's still holding together nicely is what I'm trying to say. The binding is glued, too; if you didn't know. This edition has a cover in which I will describe as rough-soft feeling; I enjoyed holding it in my hands.Finally, sorry for the poor camera quality. The soda can piece is there to show how big the text is in comparison. The torn piece on the back is from a mishap I am accountable for not the book, although it says something about the books durability; it happened near the end of my usage with it.Not My Cup of Tea Several years ago I made a concerted effort to upgrade the quality of my reading material. I wasn't exactly a comic book aficionado; however I had failed to read most of the classics during my years of formal education. Since that time, I've read more than my fair share of Dickens, Steinbeck and Hemingway. I've also dabbled in some of the more recently highly acclaimed literature, happily in some cases, in others not so much. Several months ago, I read the author's highly acclaimed Crime and Punishment, and after a period of acclimation, was not disappointed. With that experience, I came to this novel with relatively high expectations.Now, it should be noted that the purpose of my reading is predominantly for pleasure and entertainment. I enjoy acquiring some historical education if such is a by-product of the experience, but it is not my aim or intention to delve deeply into philosophy or existentialism. As noted, I have read and enjoyed Dickens but will never take on the chore of trying to decipher Sartre, Camus or Nietzsche. That said, I found this novel to be moderately entertaining, with periods of great enjoyment interspersed with sometimes long passages of dense, philosophical meanderings; more so than the author's Crime and Punishment, which was not without such interludes, but which tended to be shorter and more widely dispersed.The book follows the life of the Karamozov family; the slightly unbalanced, sensual and erratic father and his three vastly different sons, Dmitry, Ivan and Alexyev. As the novel progresses, a notorious turn of events results in a murder trial against one of the brothers. At that point, the action grinds to a halt, as the final 200 pages largely consist of a trial transcript, in which the events of the previous 800 pages are presented by the opposing attorneys. What is the point of rehashing everything the reader already knows? Quite simply not my cup of tea.In the reviews, I read some discussion pertaining to the various translations of this classic. The version I read was the MacAndrews translation. Having read no other, I can't give a relative comparison, but can say that the edition I read was certainly very readable, and while different in style than I am used to, was likely a result of the author's prose more so than the translators work.
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