I also read it in English since many of the major Dostoyevsky commentators and scholars write in English. Please do not settle for these laughable bowlderizations of the greatest writer in the world after Shakespeare and the Bible! Dostoevsky is worth the effort and his books will enrich your life.The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a true masterpiece, and I re-read it regularly. The character Stavrogin will leave you so chilled and afraid that the book will remain on your shelf for a long time till you regain courage to reread it. How could this drama leave out Stavrogin's discussion with the priest before his - (spoiler)? These radio plays are nothing like the real texts.
Use 3 bookmarks - one for characters, one for the text, one for the footnotes, and within 3-4 chapters you'll have the hang of the diminutives and patronymics and historical context, and READ Russian translations. Read the Volokonsky/Pevear translations (or even Constance Garnett's translation of The Brothers Karamazov). At least it's understandable that The Brothers Karamazov is reduced to a simpleton's detective story - but this play is unforgivable.
You can't translate Dostoevsky's writing to plot points. Nicholai’s darkest secrets are revealed, and Lisa’s reputation is hanging by a thread as the factories are being burned to the ground in a town on the brink of revolution. Jonathan Forbes, Cecilia Appiah, Gary Lilburn and Joseph Arkley star in Dostoevsky’s unsettling tale of revolution and betrayal. After years away from home, Nicholai Stavrogin returns to his old home town bringing with him the radical ‘free-thinkers’ of Petersburg, hell-bent on causing civil unrest. Gary Lilburn, Jane Whittenshaw, Georgia Henshaw and Jonathan Forbes star in Dostoevsky’s unsettling tale of revolution and betrayal. Gary Lilburn and Jonathan Forbes star in Melissa Murray's new dramatisation.
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