| The Village of Stepanchikovo: And Its Inhabitants: From the Notes of an Unknown Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author), Avsey, Ignat (Translator), Avsey, Ignat (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140446583 ISBN-13: 9780140446586 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96129706 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.36 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Summoned to the country estate of his wealthy uncle Colonel Yegor Rostanev, the young student Sergey Aleksandrovich finds himself thrown into a startling bedlam. For as he soon sees, his meek and kind-hearted uncle is wholly dominated by a pretentious and despotic pseudo-intellectual named Opiskin, a charlatan who has ingratiated himself with Yegor's mother and now holds the entire household under his thumb. Watching the absurd theatrics of this domestic tyrant over forty-eight explosive hours, Sergey grows increasingly furious - until at last, he feels compelled to act. A compelling comic exploration of petty tyranny, The Village of Stepanchikovo reveals a delight in life's wild absurdities that rivals even Gogol's. It also offers a fascinating insight into the genesis of the characters and situations of many of Dostoyevsky's great later novels, including The Idiot, Devils and The Brothers Karamazov. |