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Welcome to the family from hell. Fyodor Dostoevsky's final and most monumental novel, The Brothers Karamazov (1880), is a towering achievement of world literature. It is simultaneously a gripping murder mystery, a passionate love story, a blistering courtroom drama, and the deepest philosophical inquiry into the nature of faith, doubt, and freedom ever written in novel form.

{"category":"Classic Literature","answer":"The Divine Comedy","clues":["Italian narrative poem from the 14th century","Written by Dante Alighieri","Divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso","Written in the first person as an allegory","Describes the author's journey...

Welcome to the darkest, most prophetic corner of Dostoevsky's mind. Demons (1872), also published as The Possessed, is more than a novel; it is a furious, searing political and spiritual critique and a terrifyingly accurate prediction of 20th-century totalitarianism. Set in a provincial Russian town, the book chronicles the infiltration and self-destruction of a small cell of radical, nihilistic revolutionaries.

{"category":"Classic Literature","answer":"Pride and Prejudice","clues":["English novel published in 1813","Written by Jane Austen","A romantic comedy of manners","Set in rural England among the landed gentry","Features Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy"]}

If Crime and Punishment asks whether a great man has the right to murder, Dostoevsky's 1869 follow-up, The Idiot, asks a far more terrifying question: Can absolute goodness survive in a fallen world?

{"category":"Classic Literature","answer":"War and Peace","clues":["Russian novel published in 1869","Written by Leo Tolstoy","One of the longest novels ever written","Set during the Napoleonic Wars","Chronicles the lives of five aristocratic families"]}

Prepare to descend into the feverish, claustrophobic mind of a killer. Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 masterpiece, Crime and Punishment, is not just a gripping psychological thriller; it is arguably the greatest literary exploration of guilt, morality, and redemption ever written. Set in the grimy tenements and taverns of 19th-century St. Petersburg, the novel follows a young, destitute student who commits a terrible murder, not for profit, but for a twisted philosophical idea.

{"category":"Classic Literature","answer":"The Odyssey","clues":["Ancient Greek epic poem","Attributed to Homer","One of the oldest works of Western literature","Sequel to the Iliad","Follows the journey of Odysseus returning home after the Trojan War"]}

Step onto the pulsating, chaotic pavement of Weimar-era Berlin. This isn't just a novel; it's a cacophonous, electrifying experience. Alfred Döblin’s 1929 masterwork, Berlin Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf, is a literary earthquake that forever changed the landscape of the modern novel. It tells the story of an ex-convict trying to "go straight," but its true genius lies in its revolutionary form.

{"category":"Classic Literature","answer":"Moby-Dick","clues":["American novel published in 1851","Written by Herman Melville","Initially a commercial failure, now considered a masterpiece","Narrated by a sailor who says \"Call me Ishmael\"","About Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for a...

{"category":"Classic Literature","answer":"Don Quixote","clues":["Spanish novel published in two parts (1605 and 1615)","Written by Miguel de Cervantes","Often considered the first modern novel","Features a nobleman who loses his sanity","Famous for tilting at windmills,...

We continue our literary expedition with one of the most intellectually playful and formally challenging books ever written: Jacques the Fatalist and His Master (written c. 1773, published 1796) by Denis Diderot. This book is not a straightforward novel; it is a dizzying, hilarious, and philosophical conversation that constantly breaks the fourth wall, interrupting its own narrative to question the very nature of storytelling and destiny.