A review of this edition, not of the novel itself:
Many reviews discuss the novel itself, so I'll just comment on this particular edition: My only complaint with this edition is its tiny margins. This, of course, is not an issue for the outside margins, but because the print is so close to the binding, I had to actually pull the two halves of the book in opposite directions to read the print near the gutter. It sounds like I'm nitpicking, but this book is by no means a quick read. Pulling on a book for a couple of hours every night is more tiring than I would have expected (That's what she said). I read a bit of the new edition -- translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky (Link:)[[ASIN:0374528373 The Brothers Karamazov]] -- in a bookstore today, and it was so comfortable, that I don't think I fully realized what I had been missing until then.

Other than that, and a few typos here and there, it's not a bad edition if you get a cheap one. I bought mine at a thrift store for 35 cents, so I can't complain. This qualifies as a book worthy of a nice edition, and if I were to read this again, which is quite possible, I would just spend the $10-$12 for the Pevear/Volokhonsky.

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