The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevsky's epileptic seizures, gambling mania and alcoholism are not considered as mere weaknesses of his heart, but as symbols of creative agony and internal conflicts of a great writer. Characters Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Russian author Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina - Dostoyevsky's stenographer Fedosya - Dostoyevsky's elderly maid Gregory Yakov - Old man who lends money for gambling Stellovsky - Cruel publisher of Dostoyevsky's books Alonkin - House owner Polina Suslova - Earlier lover of Dostoyevsky Pasha - Dostoyevsky's stepson Ivan - Young man who wishes to marry Anna Olkhin - Principle of stenography school Publication The book was first published in September, 1993. It sold more than 50,000 copies in the first six years and more than 100,000 copies in the first 12 years. The latter feat was celebrated at Thiruvananthapuram on August 3, 2005. Translations The novel was translated to English by A. J. Thomas as Like a Psalm. It has also been translated to Hindi and foreign language like Arabic. Adaptation It was adapted into a 2016 Indian film, titled In Return: Just a Book, by Shiny Benjamin with a screenplay by Paul Zacharia. It stars Russian actors Vladimir Postnikov as Dostoyevsky and Oksana Karmishina as his wife Anna respectively. References Malayalam novels 1993 novels Novels set in 19th-century Russia Novels set in the Russian Empire Novels set in Saint Petersburg Philosophical novels 1993 Indian novels Works about Fyodor Dostoyevsky Indian novels adapted into films