The Grand Inquisitor - 9781535101424

The Grand Inquisitor is a poem in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879-1880). It is told by Ivan, who questions the possibility of a personal and benevolent God, to his brother Alyosha, a novice monk. The Grand Inquisitor is an important part of the novel and one of the best-known passages in modern literature because of its ideas about human nature and freedom, and its fundamental ambiguity. Scholars cite Friedrich Schiller's play Don Carlos as a major inspiration for Dostoyevsky's Grand Inquisitor, while also noting that "The sources of the legend are extraordinarily varied and complex."

• | Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Andrea Gouveia
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jul 05, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 26 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1535101423
• | ISBN-13: 9781535101424