Timeline

Two thirds of this novel happens in four days

Time runs down. Each column is one person, read top to bottom as a continuous thread, and every block is as tall as the share of the novel that state occupies — so the four days that take two thirds of the book look like two thirds. Read across a row to see what everyone was doing at once. Two columns simply stop. Every block opens onto the chapter it comes from.

BEFORE4% of the bookDAY ONE16% of the bookDAY TWO22% of the bookDAY THREE — ANDTHE NIGHT15% of the bookDAY FOUR9% of the bookTWO MONTHSskippedTHE TRIAL32% of the bookFIVE DAYS LATER3% of the bookForgets his sonsForgets his sonsPerforms at the monasteryPerforms at themonasteryWaiting for GrushenkaWaiting for GrushenkaKilledKilledENDS HERERaised by servantsRaised by servantsDemands his inheritanceDemands hisinheritanceTorn between two womenTorn between two womenHunting three thousand roublesHunting three thousandroublesThe three ordealsThe three ordealsIn prison, then on trialIn prison, then ontrialTwenty years — or escapeTwenty years — or…Educated awayEducated awayWatching, saying littleWatching, sayinglittleRebellion, then he leavesRebellion, then heleavesReturns; three visits to SmerdyakovReturns; three visitsto SmerdyakovBrain feverBrain feverA noviceA noviceSent between them allSent between them allHears the case against GodHears the case againstGodCana of GalileeCana of GalileeWith the boysWith the boysThe speech at the stoneThe speech at thestoneBorn in the gardenBorn in the gardenIn the kitchenIn the kitchenTeaches the signalTeaches the signalThe fit, and the nightThe fit, and the nightThree interviewsThree interviewsHangs himselfHangs himselfENDS HERECourted by father and sonCourted by father andsonMokroeMokroeAt the prisonAt the prisonEngaged to DmitriEngaged to DmitriFinancing the defenceFinancing the defenceThe letterThe letterAsks forgivenessAsks forgiveness