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1、THEBROTHERSKARAMAZOVbyFyodorMikhailovichDostoevskytranslatedbyConstanceGarnettPARTIBookITheHistoryofaFamilyChapter1FyodorPavlovitchKaramazovALEXEYFyodorovitchKaramazovwasthethirdsonofFyodorPavlovitchKaramazov,alandownerwellknowninourdistrictinhisownday,a
2、ndstillrememberedamongusowingtohisgloomyandtragicdeath,whichhappenedthirteenyearsago,andwhichIshalldescribeinitsproperplace.ForthepresentIwillonlysaythatthis"landowner"-forsoweusedtocallhim,althoughhehardlyspentadayofhislifeonhisownestate-wasastrangetype
3、,yetoneprettyfrequentlytobemetwith,atypeabjectandviciousandatthesametimesenseless.Buthewasoneofthosesenselesspersonswhoareverywellcapableoflookingaftertheirworldlyaffairs,and,apparently,afternothingelse.FyodorPavlovitch,forinstance,beganwithnexttonothing
4、;hisestatewasofthesmallest;herantodineatothermen'stables,andfastenedonthemasatoady,yetathisdeathitappearedthathehadahundredthousandroublesinhardcash.Atthesametime,hewasallhislifeoneofthemostsenseless,fantasticalfellowsinthewholedistrict.Irepeat,itwasnots
5、tupidity-themajorityofthesefantasticalfellowsareshrewdandintelligentenough-butjustsenselessness,andapeculiarnationalformofit.Hewasmarriedtwice,andhadthreesons,theeldest,Dmitri,byhisfirstwife,andtwo,IvanandAlexey,byhissecond.FyodorPavlovitch'sfirstwife,Ad
6、elaidaIvanovna,belongedtoafairlyrichanddistinguishednoblefamily,alsolandownersinourdistrict,theMiusovs.Howitcametopassthatanheiress,whowasalsoabeauty,andmoreoveroneofthosevigorousintelligentgirls,socommoninthisgeneration,butsometimesalsotobefoundinthelas
7、t,couldhavemarriedsuchaworthless,punyweakling,asweallcalledhim,Iwon'tattempttoexplain.Iknewayoungladyofthelast"romantic"generationwhoaftersomeyearsofanenigmaticpassionforagentleman,whomshemightquiteeasilyhavemarriedatanymoment,inventedinsuperableobstacle
8、stotheirunion,andendedbythrowingherselfonestormynightintoaratherdeepandrapidriverfromahighbank,almostaprecipice,andsoperished,entirelytosatisfyherowncaprice,andtobelikeShakespeare'sOphelia.Indeed,ifthisprecipice,achosenand
