Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain.

Не принимает род людской пророков своих и избивает их, но любят люди мучеников своих и чтят тех, коих замучили.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

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Prophets Martyrs

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Source

The Brothers Karamazov

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Russia Europe

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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Братья Карамазовы [The Brothers Karamazov]." The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1879 - Nov. 1880. Serial.

Current Citation

Dostoevsky, Feodor. The Brothers Karamazov, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Feodor. Преступленіе и наказаніе [Crime and Punishment]. The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1866 - Dec. 1866, monthly serial.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment, translated and edited by Michael R. Katz. W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.

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Source
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Statement Type
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