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CHAPTER1FYODORP**LOVITCHKARAMAZOV
AlexeyFyodorovitchKaramazovwasthethirdsonofFyodorPavlovitchKaramazov, alandownerwellknowninourdistrictinhisownday, andstillrememberedamongusowingtohisgloomyandtragicdeath, whichhappenedthirteenyearsago, "landowner"—forsoweusedtocallhim, althoughhehardlyspentadayofhislifeonhisownestate—wasastrangetype, yetoneprettyfrequentlytobemetwith, , and, apparently, , forinstance, beganwithnexttonothing; hisestatewasofthesmallest; herantodineatothermen'stables, andfastenedonthemasatoady, , hewasallhislifeoneofthemostsenseless, , itwasnotstupidity—themajorityofthesefantasticalfellowsareshrewdandintelligentenough—butjustsenselessness, andapeculiarnationalformofit.
