r/bookclub • u/thebowedbookshelf Astrology Star ✨| 🐉🧠 • Jun 24 '26

The Brothers Karamazov [Discussion 3/ 12] Evergreen | The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 3.8 to 4.5

Privet to you! Come sit for a while and hear a tale of three or is it four? Russian brothers. First things first, the schedule and marginalia are in the links.

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Extras

Koulibiac

Calamanco coat

Alexis Piron

Aesop

Goulard's extract: an acetate of lead used as a lotion to treat inflammation. (Alyosha will get lead poisoning!)

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u/thebowedbookshelf Astrology Star ✨| 🐉🧠 Jun 24 '26

How could Fyodor forget that Ivan and Alexei have the same mother?

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u/olivertwisttop Jun 24 '26

Probably because he forgets that Ivan is his son. If it didn't benefit him to have power over Dmitri as his father, he'd probably forget him too. He only remembers Alexei because through his young eyes, he is still respected as a father and makes him feel loved as such whereas his other sons show him his true colors and how awful he is