Which Dostoevsky novel was published in the journal The Russian Messenger from 1879 to 1880?

The Brothers Karamazov was published in The Russian Messenger from 1879 to 1880.

Dostoevsky’s final completed novel appeared in serial form before its 1880 book publication. The journal format meant that readers encountered the Karamazov family, the murder investigation, and the novel’s philosophical debates in installments rather than all at once.

The story follows Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his sons Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei. It combines a family crime plot with arguments about faith, doubt, moral responsibility, free will, and suffering. The serial publication helped make the novel a major event in Russian literary culture.

The Russian Messenger had also published Crime and Punishment earlier, which can cause confusion between the two works. The relevant dates distinguish them: Crime and Punishment appeared in the journal in 1866, while The Brothers Karamazov was serialized in 1879 and 1880.