Place
Skotoprigonyevsk
Also known as our town, the town, our little town, our neighborhood, our whole town, The whole town, the neighborhood, what a horrid town this is, town and district, the whole surrounding neighborhood, cathedral square, this town, our part of the country, local society, this district, this little town.
Skotoprigonyevsk is the narrator's little town, the local stage for the Karamazov family quarrel. Miusov owns an estate on its outskirts, and the town sits close enough to The Monastery for land, law, gossip, and pilgrimage to overlap.
I-IV. The Third Son, Alyosha
Alyosha comes to the town seeking his mother's grave and finds his way toward the monastery.
IV-III. A Meeting With The Schoolboys
Its ditches and streets become the setting where Alyosha meets the schoolboys and is drawn into Ilusha's story.
IX-II. The Alarm
After the murder alarm, officials, neighbors, and witnesses in the town quickly turn private Karamazov violence into a public criminal inquiry.
XII-I. The Fatal Day
The town crowds into the courtroom for Dmitri's trial, bringing artisans, ladies, officials, and gossip into one overheated public scene.
Epilogue II. For A Moment The Lie Becomes Truth
Dmitri says that if he and Grushenka ever return secretly, they must avoid this town and its memories.
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