The Brothers Karamazov (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- First Published: 1912
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Parents and children, Murder or homicide, Trials, Brothers, Fathers, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Russia or Russian people, Hedonism, Orthodox Eastern Church
- Locales: Russia
Places Discussed
Skotoprigonyevsk (sko-to-prihg-ON-ih-ehfsk). Russian town in which the Karamazovs’ home is located and the location of the worst debauchery commonly blamed on Fyodor Karamazov—the rape of the mentally disabled Lizavita. Dostoevski’s narrator withholds the name of the town until almost the very end of the novel, at the beginning of the trial of Dmitri Karamazov. Otherwise, the narrator refers to it only as “the town” or “our town.” The name Skotoprigonyevsk is most likely derived from the Russian word skotoprigony, meaning a stockyard. It is...
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