Animal Farm is a satirical novella written by George Orwell and was published in 1945. Summary The novella is about anthropomorphic farm animals who live under an oppressive human master, Mr. Jones. The farm animals…
1984 is a novel about a dystopian society that is characterized by totalitarianism, censorship, complete lack of freedom, nonexistence of individuality, and suppression of thought. If you have read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley,…
This is a dystopian novel that occurs in 2540 A.D. (Gregorian calendar). It is about a futuristic society in a World State that is technologically advanced. Its inhabitants are not born, but rather manufactured in…
I just finished reading The Brothers Karamazov. I have the Constance Garnett translation, which is about 900 pages long. It took me a while (around 2 months) to finish it because I was trying to…
There are several English translations of the Brothers Karamazov. In this post, we will list the main ones in chronological order and briefly discuss them. Please share your thoughts about the translation you read in…
The Grand Inquisitor is a self-contained story inside of the larger novel of The Brothers Karamazov by the Russian author, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Ivan Karamazov narrates this story (he calls it a poem) to his monk…
Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov Fyodor is the father of the three sons: Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha. He is also rumored to be the father of Smerdyakov, who he employed to be his servant. Fyodor is depicted…