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Justice and a Peasant Boy Named Ilusha

2 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen September 27th, 2008 in Dostoevsky, Russian Literary Figures

In book IV.7, we encounter one among many of the powerful passages in Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov.  What takes place below is conversation between Alyosha Fyodovovich Karamazov and a poor peasant captain who was publically humiliated by Alyosha’s brother, Dmitri.  The captain’s son, Ilusha, a nine year-old schoolboy, had attacked Alyosha the previous day, hurling stones [...]

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