Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA830612
Barcode: 9789626343067
Release Date: 02/2004

DOSTOYEVSKY, F.: Brothers Karamazov (The) (Abridged)

Dostoyevsky’s famous and well-regarded 1880 novel The Brothers Karamazov is a tale of bitter family rivalries. Three brothers live in a small, typical Russian town. Their father, a selfish, cunning, lascivious figure with little love for them, tries to maintain his control over them and anyone who comes within his orbit. The roots of dissent, unhappiness, hope, ambition and desire run deep in this community as everywhere, and Dostoyevsky brings them to the fore with an unexpected death. The atmospheric spell of this great work of Russian literature is maintained throughout by a masterly reading by Tim Pigott-Smith.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhail - Author
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
1 Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov 04:18
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2 You can easily imagine what a father such a man could be 05:20
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3 Very shortly after getting his four-year-old Mitya off his hands 03:32
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4 It happened that the old lady died soon after this 05:54
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5 Alyosha was only twenty 03:58
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6 At the time of Yefim Petrovitich's death 03:17
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7 'Do you know,' he used often to say 03:50
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8 Some of my readers may imagine 03:53
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9 It was a warm, bright day the end of August 02:08
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
10 Dimitri Fyodorovitch, a young man of eight and twenty 03:41
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11 'They all blame me, all of them!' 03:51
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12 'Dimitri Fyodorovitch', yelled Fyodor Pavlovitch suddenly 02:27
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13 Alyosha helped Father Zossima to his bedroom 03:21
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14 The house of Fyodor Pavlovitch was far from being in the centre of the town 02:58
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15 There was one circumstance which struck Grigory particularly 02:53
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16 Alyosha set off from the monastery 03:32
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17 I was leading a wild life then 04:20
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18 Suddenly the new major arrive to take command of the battalion 02:47
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19 'Stop Dimitri,' said Alyosha 04:12
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
20 'Stop, Dimitri,' Alyosha interrupted again 04:30
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
21 'And what then?' 04:35
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
Disc 2
1 He found his father still at table 04:14
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
2 'Get along with you!' 02:55
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
3 Dimitri suddenly reapeared in the drawing-room 03:05
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
4 It was by now seven o'clock, and it was getting dark 04:08
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5 'I've known of it a long time;' 04:05
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6 'This is the first time we've met, Alexey Fyodorovitch,' 05:14
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7 There was a sudden gleam in her eyes. 03:35
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8 It was not much more than three-quarters of a mile 02:38
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9 Alyosha described all that had happened 03:43
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10 Alyosha was roused early, before daybreak 04:09
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11 And bending down to Alyosha 02:56
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12 Just after he had crossed the square 04:34
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13 The boy waited for him without budging 04:05
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14 When Alyosha entered the drawing-room 04:35
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15 'Alexey Fyodorovitch, you speak' 04:09
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16 He went out of the room without saying goodbye 02:31
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17 He was really grieved in a way he had seldom been before 04:00
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18 Alyosha looked attentively at him 04:29
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19 'You've pierced me to the heart,' 02:27
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20 'Have you heard our news?' 03:35
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
21 'The air is fresh,' 03:59
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Disc 3
1 Alyosha's heart was trembling 03:36
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2 Alyosha was delighted 03:34
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3 Ivan was on his way home to Fyodor Pavlovitch's house 04:14
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
4 'Why don't you go to Tchermashnya, sir?' 03:40
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5 'I'm bound to admit the fact, 04:14
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6 'You know yourself why he'll come.' 03:10
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7 'You seem to be a perfect idiot,' 02:50
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8 And in the same nervous frenzy, too, he spoke 05:08
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9 The whole household came out to take leave 04:05
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10 Grushenka lived in the busiest part of town 04:53
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11 She gaily sat down beside Alyosha on the sofa, 05:24
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12 But Dimitri, to whom Grushenka 03:57
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13 Mitya formed a plan of action: 04:11
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14 At that very moment Grigory waked up on his bed of sickness 02:59
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
15 Fenya, the housemaid, was sitting in the kitchen 05:21
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
16 It was a little more than twenty versts to Mokroe, 05:50
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
17 With his long rapid strides 04:10
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18 Mitya had been, all this time, holding in his hand 04:18
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
19 Both the Poles rose from their seats with a deeply offended air 03:34
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
Disc 4
1 But Grushenka suddenly lost all patience 04:08
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
2 What followed was almost an orgy, a feast to which all were welcome 04:24
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
3 Yet there was a ray of light and hope in his darkness 04:18
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
4 'The lady's been drinking.' 03:19
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5 Grushenka opened her eyes 04:51
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
6 Pyotr Ilyitch Perhotin, to whom Dimitri had pawned his pistol 02:50
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
7 Our police captain, Mihail Makarovitch Mararov 03:22
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
8 Pyotr Ilyitch was simply dumbfounded 05:46
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9 The deputy police inspector of the town 04:11
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10 And so Mitya sat looking wildly at the people round him 04:06
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
11 'Alive? He's alive?' cried Mitya 04:20
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
12 'Did I exclaim that?' 04:03
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13 At that moment another unexpected scene followed 04:28
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14 'You don't know how you encourage us' 03:44
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15 'That's how we've treated you from the beginning' 03:48
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
16 Mitya waited gloomily 05:04
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
17 Though Mitya spoke sullenly 04:17
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
18 And so, on that frosty, snowy, and windy day in November 04:37
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
19 But Kolya did not hear her. 05:25
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
Disc 5
1 Next came the account of Mitya's sudden determination 04:13
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
2 Mitya smiled mournfully, almost dreamily 04:08
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
3 Something utterly unexpected and amazing to Mitya followed 04:25
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4 It was a long time before they could persuade him 03:48
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5 Mitya uttered his sudden monologue 03:40
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
6 For some seconds Mitya stood as though thunderstruck 04:03
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7 'Gentlemen' he began 03:56
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8 'Allow me to inquire' observed the prosecutor at last 04:26
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9 Both the lawyers laughed aloud 05:04
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
10 'You'd better show us the remains of it.' 03:43
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
11 The examination of the witnesses began 03:47
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
12 The Poles, too, were examined 04:10
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
13 Ippolit Kirillovitch was very well satisfied with this piece of evidence 03:42
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
14 When the protocol had been signed 04:57
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15 It was the beginning of November 04:14
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16 It happened that July 03:20
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
17 Dardanelov was a middle-aged bachelor 03:19
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
18 And so, on that frosty, snowy, and windy day in November 04:37
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
19 But Kolya did not hear her. 05:25
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
Disc 6
1 'Listen, Karamazov, I'll tell you all about it.' 03:52
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2 One day he flew at them all as they were coming out of school 05:17
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
3 The room inhabited by the family of the retired captain 03:48
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
4 Krassotkin's entrance made a general sensation 04:56
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
5 Ilusha could not speak 04:18
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
6 When the doctor came out of the room 06:15
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7 Alyosha went towards the cathedral square 04:23
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
8 'He doesn't love Katerina Ivanovna,' said Alyosha firmly 03:12
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
9 Alyosha sat plunged in thought, considering something 03:25
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10 It was quite late when Alyosha rang at the prison gate 03:15
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11 He went up to Alyosha exictedly and kissed him 03:08
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12 'Of that later; now I must speak of something else 04:33
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13 On the way to Ivan he had to pass the house where Katerina Ivanovna was living 04:58
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
14 'Who is the murderer then, according to you?' 05:36
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15 This was the third time that Ivan had been to see Smerdyakov 04:18
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
16 'Tell me now, why did you send me then to Tchermashnya?' 03:48
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
17 Later, Smerdyakov had been discharged from the hospital 04:25
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18 Smerdyakov took the rag from his eyes 05:58
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Disc 7
1 Ivan did not go home 04:27
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2 When he was half-way there 04:01
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3 Smerdyakov was not in the least scared 03:54
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4 Ivan stepped up to the table 06:09
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
5 'What more is there to tell!' 06:05
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6 He stopped. Ivan had listeded all the time 04:02
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
7 'I don't want it,' Smerdyakov articulated in a shaking voice 03:54
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
8 A loud, persistent knocking was suddenly heard at the window 04:44
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9 Alyosha ran to the washing stand 06:05
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10 At ten o'clock in the morning of the day following the events 03:04
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11 At last the President opened the case of the murder of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karmazov 03:14
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
12 One peculiar characteristic of the case 03:56
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13 Grigory remained silent 04:13
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14 It came as quite a surprise even to Alyosha himself 04:39
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
15 Katerina Ivanovna was called to the witness box 04:04
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16 I am approaching the sudden catastrophe 03:59
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17 I may note that he had been called before Alyosha 03:44
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18 The usher of the court took the whole roll 04:13
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Disc 8
1 The whole court was thrown into confusion 04:37
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2 They asked Mitya whether he admitted having written the letter 05:22
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
3 Ippolit Kirillovitch began his speech 03:29
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
4 'But to return to the eldest son.' 03:56
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5 At this point Ippolit Kirillovitch broke off 03:13
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6 'I shall be told that he shamed illness' 03:27
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
7 As Fetyukovitc, the Council for the Defence began his speech 04:18
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8 'But I shall be asked' 04:53
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9 'Allow me, gentlemen of the jury, to remind you' 02:57
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10 'In the first place we have Smerdyakov's sudden suicide 03:30
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11 'It's not only the accumulation of facts 03:25
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12 'Gentlemen of the jury, you remember that awful night 04:36
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13 This was how Fetyukovitch concluded his speech 04:38
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14 Very early, at nine o'clock in the morning 04:18
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15 He hurried to the hospital where Mitya was now lying 04:10
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16 At that instant Katya appeared in the doorway. 05:06
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17 He really was late 04:02
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18 They reached the church at last 04:41
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19 They all stood still by the big stone 04:46
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Total Playing Time: 10:34:45