Book 1,  The History of a Family

Chapter 1, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov

This first page describes the father of Alexey Karamazov.  Fyodor Karamazov is a strange, muddle-headed but not-stupid land owner who strangely lived, strangely died.  He was senseless, in a strange way, a “peculiar national form” of senselessness.  But he did well in his dealings and when he died he had upwards of one hundred thousand roubles in hard cash.

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