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The Brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky's last novel, first published in instalments in 1879–80. Through three brothers, their father's murder and the elder Zossima, it weighs faith and doubt, freedom and responsibility.
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“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (1879–80), Book II, ch. 2 (Father Zossima), tr. Constance Garnett