Anyone interested in the central question facing mankind will find `The Brothers Karamazov an essential guide. That question--on mans capacity for responsibility and the proper role of the state and religion--is posed throughout the story in dialogue and events, and is framed neatly in a 20-page section where Ivan presents a poem titled `The Grand Inquisitor to his brother Alyosha.
Chapter I. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
Chapter II. He Gets Rid Of His Eldest Son
Chapter III. The Second Marriage And The Second Family
Chapter IV. The Third Son, Alyosha
Chapter V. Elders
Chapter I. They Arrive At The Monastery
Chapter II. The Old Buffoon
Chapter III. Peasant Women Who Have Faith
Chapter IV. A Lady Of Little Faith
Chapter V. So Be It! So Be It!
Chapter VI. Why Is Such A Man Alive?
Chapter VII. A Young Man Bent On A Career
Chapter VIII. The Scandalous Scene
Chapter I. In The Servants’ Quarters
Chapter II. Lizaveta
Chapter III. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—In Verse
Chapter IV. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—In Anecdote
Chapter V. The Confession Of A Passionate Heart—
Chapter VI. Smerdyakov
Chapter VII. The Controversy
Chapter III. Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech At The Stone
Chapter II. For A Moment The Lie Becomes Truth
Chapter I. Plans For Mitya’s Escape
Chapter XIV. The Peasants Stand Firm
Chapter XIII. A Corrupter Of Thought
Chapter XII. And There Was No Murder Either
Chapter XI. There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
Chapter X. The Speech For The Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways
Chapter IX. The Galloping Troika. The End Of The Prosecutor’s Speech.
Chapter VIII. A Treatise On Smerdyakov
Chapter VII. An Historical Survey
Chapter VI. The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches Of Character
Chapter V. A Sudden Catastrophe
Chapter IV. Fortune Smiles On Mitya
Chapter III. The Medical Experts And A Pound Of Nuts
Chapter II. Dangerous Witnesses