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8vo. 4 parts in 2 vols. 509, 699. With half-title in vol. 1. Without 1 final blank in vol. 1 and 2 final blanks in vol. 2. Mid-20th century quarter morocco and marbled boards. Titled in gilt on spine. The first edition of Dostoevsky's masterpiece, "the most magnificent novel ever written" (Freud). The author recorded the contemporary responses to his last and most famous novel as follows: "The novel is read everywhere, people send me letters, the youth reads it, it is read in high society, in literature it is abused or praised, and never yet, to judge by the impression it has made all round, have I experienced such success". Contemporaries and later critics alike considered "The Brothers Karamazov" one of the greatest masterworks of literature. - Professional restoration of tears to the final leaves of vol. 2 and one leaf at the end of vol. 1. Minor foxing and occasional brownstaining. - From the collection of Th. G. Chalupa, Berlin. - Kilgour 286.

The last novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, is a profound philosophical and theological debate that dives into the complexities of ethics, religion, and family through the lives of the Karamazov family.