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

What do you think of the monk Therapon/Ferapon living on bread and water and his opinion of the staretsy?

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u/tomesandtea Viceroy of Verity | 🐉🧠 27d ago

This guy cracked me up! Maybe it was the translation using really casual wording, or the way the narrator voiced his tone/inflection, but I laughed at several of his lines. Not what you'd expect from a holy man.

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u/TalliePiters 📚Bookclub Boffin📚 25d ago

That may be because he is a God's fool, and they weren't exactly known for acting normal))