The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot -- starring Edward Asner, John de Lancie, Sharon Gless, Harry Hamlin and John Rubinstein (Audio Theatre Series) [UNABRIDGED] (Audio Cassette)

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), L.A. Theatre Works (Author)

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Two of Dostoyevsky's novels are presented as powerful plays by David Fishelson and the LA Theatre Works in this terrific three-tape set. -- Library Journal, August 1997

Product Description

Full cast recording of a theatrical play read by Edward Asner, John de Lancie, Sharon Gless, Ayre Gross, and Harry Hamlin. Based on two novels by Russian literary giant Dostoyevsky and adapted into stage plays by David Fishelson, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV centers on three passionate brothers and their drinking, womanizing father. In THE IDIOT, kindly, child-like Prince Myshkin returns to the decadent social whirl of 1860s St. Petersburg. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: L. A. Theatre Works; Unabridged edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580810500
• ISBN-13: 978-1580810500
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,174,410 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Immense, powerful, thought provoking, difficult, amazing, October 27, 1998

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This amazing epic is a story on four levels. It is a murder mystery and a character study (on a grand scale). It is also a treatise on religion as well as monumental expose of pre Bolshevik Russia. One of the truly great novels I have ever read. Enormous in scope, microscopic in detail. A challenging read that will leave you drained but wanting more.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best novel I've ever read!!, January 4, 1999

By	J.J. ([e-mail]) (Tehachapi, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

"Brothers Karamozov" is so good right from the first paragraph that I literally could not put it down -- I read it while cooking, during an ultrasound exam (!), even for 5 minutes in church! It's a grand, sweeping epic of a novel, which reads like the latest page-turner on the best seller list -- the characters are so vivid & real & 3D, the most amazing & appalling things keep happening to them and keep being caused by them, & yet at the same time it's a fascinating look at 19th cent. Russian life & mores, at religion, at the psychology of families....just a FANTASTIC novel, I've never read a finer one!!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It takes long to read but will change your life!, April 1, 1999

By	[e-mail] Edward Gieselman (Rochester , Michigan) - See all my reviews

The Brothers Karamozov is an epic yet personal novel that will knock the wind out of you. My favorite character is the vapid Grushenka who bedevils all of the slightly twisted Karamozov brothers and Father. A great book for its religious, historic, and lyrical values.