The Grand Inquisitor

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (Translator)

Overview

The Grand Inquisitor is a section from The Brothers Karamazov, which is a literary work by Russian author/philosopher Fyodor Dostoevsky. The central character in this work is a Grand Inquisitor who arrests Jesus. A Grand Inquisitor, or Inquisitor Generalis in German is the individual who leads an Inquisition, just like Spanish Dominican Toms de Torquemada who was the official in charge of the Spanish Inquisition.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161402061
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	06/27/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	42 KB

About the Author

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (Russian: ????? ?????????? ???????????), sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, journalist, and short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the human psyche had a profound influence on the 20th century novel.

Dostoyevsky was the second son of a former army doctor. He was educated at home and at a private school. Shortly after the death of his mother in 1837 he was sent to St. Petersburg, where he entered the Army Engineering College. Dostoyevsky's father died in 1839, most likely of apoplexy, but it was rumored that he was murdered by his own serfs. Dostoyevsky graduated as a military engineer, but resigned in 1844 to devote himself to writing. His first novel, Poor Folk appeared in 1846.