Part one: History of a family: Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov -- He gets rid of his eldest son -- Second marriage and the second family -- Third son, Alyosha -- Elders -- Unfortunate gathering: They arrive at the monastery -- Old buffoon -- Peasant women who have faith -- Lady of little faith -- So be it! So be it! -- Why is such a man alive? -- Young man bent on a career -- Scandalous scene -- Sensualists: In the servants' quarters -- Lizaveta -- Confession of a passionate heart-in verse -- Confession of a passionate heart-in anecdote -- Confession of a passionate heart-"heels up" -- Smerdyakov -- Controversy -- Over the brandy -- Sensualists -- Both together -- Another reputation ruined -- Part two: Lacerations: Father Ferapont -- At his father's -- Meeting with the schoolboys -- At the Hohlakovs' -- Laceration in the drawing-room -- Laceration in the cottage -- In the open air -- Pro and contra: Engagement -- Smerdyakov with a guitar -- Brothers make friends -- Rebellion -- Grand inquisitor -- For awhile a very obscure one -- "It's always worth while speaking to a clever man" -- Russian monk: Father Zossima and his visitors -- Recollections of Father Zossima's youth before he became a monk. Duel -- Conversations and exhortations of Father Zossima -- Part three: Alyosha: Breath of corruption -- Critical moment -- Onion -- Cana of Galilee -- Mitya: Kuzma Samsonov -- Lyagavy -- Gold-mines -- In the dark -- Sudden resolution! -- "I am coming, too!" -- First and rightful lover -- Delirium -- Preliminary investigation: Beginning of Perhotin's official career -- Alarm -- Sufferings of a soul. First ordeal -- Second ordeal -- Third ordeal -- Prosecutor catches Mitya -- Mitya's great secret. Received with hisses -- Evidence of the witnesses. Babe -- They carry Mitya away -- Boys: Kolya Krassotkin -- Children -- Schoolboy -- Lost dog -- By Ilusha's bedside -- Precocity -- Ilusha -- Ivan: At Grushenka's -- Injured foot -- Little demon -- Hymn and a secret -- Not you, not you! -- First interview with Smerdyakov -- Second visit to Smerdyakov -- Third and last interview with Smerdyakov -- Devil. Ivan's nightmare -- "It was he who said that" -- Judicial error: Fatal day -- Dangerous witnesses -- Medical experts and a pound of nuts -- Fortune smiles on Mitya -- Sudden catastrophe -- Prosecutor's speech. Sketches of character -- Historical survey -- Treatise on Smerdyakov -- Galloping troika. End of the prosecutor's speech -- Speech for the defence. Argument that cuts both ways -- There was no money. There was no robbery -- There was no murder either -- Corrupter of thought -- Peasants stand firm -- Epilogue: Plans for Mitya's escape -- For a moment the lie becomes truth -- Ilusha's funeral. Speech at the stone

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