About this story
Zosima dies leaving his life behind: a wastrel officer, a duel fired into the air, a brother who asked the birds' forgiveness. Ivan testifies to his own ruin and falls; the court answers with twenty years; a bought sledge waits to carry Dmitri east. Eighty-five chapters carry the brothers from a bow in a monastery cell to twelve boys around Ilyusha's stone.
Who you’ll meet
Dmitri Karamazov, the eldest brother at odds with his father over money, and the ailing elder asked to settle their dispute. You play Alexei.
How it opens
Sunlight crossed the monastery courtyard in pale bars between old lime trees.
Your father's hired carriage arrived too loudly for the hour of prayer.
Fyodor PavlovichAlyosha, tell me whether holiness objects to polished wheels.
Ivan KaramazovHoliness may reserve judgment. The brothers at the gate will not.
Choose
Please remember that Father Zosima is ill.
Let us speak of the money without humiliating anyone.