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First edition in English, first impression, finely bound. Constance Garnett's translations introduced Russian literature to the general British public and her work was highly acclaimed by her contemporaries, including Leo Tolstoy, who encouraged her to continue her work. The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's last novel, was serialized in the Russian Messenger between January 1879 and November 1880. Octavo. Finely bound by Bayntun Riviere in contemporary navy full polished calf, raised bands on gilt-tooled spine with red and purple morocco labels, covers double ruled in gilt, "J.S.L.B." initials on front cover in gilt, turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Housed in custom blue flat-backed cloth box. Repair at corners and joints, a little recolouring to spine and edges, text tightly trimmed, internally fresh: a very good copy. .

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.