{"product_id":"ivan-vyzhigin-faddei-bulgarin-9781501782626","title":"Ivan Vyzhigin: A Moral-Satirical Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith his translation, Michael R. Katz makes available the first bestselling novel in Russia, Faddei Bulgarin's social satire \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIvan Vyzhigin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (1829). \u003c\/b\u003eThe novel is an amusing picaresque filled with local color and comical portraits, narrated by its hero, an orphaned peasant who relates his many adventures as a young man. The book is remarkable for its accurate descriptions of nineteenth-century Russian day-to-day reality: the clothes, food, surroundings, and characters that Ivan Vyzhigin encounters. Its publication ushered in the age of prose in nineteenth-century Russian literature, and Bulgarin was hailed by Pushkin as a major prose writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs William Mills Todd III notes in his introduction, \u003ci\u003eIvan Vyzhigin\u003c\/i\u003e opens a window onto what Russians were reading between the late eighteenth century and the 1917 Revolution. Along with Todd's introduction, Katz's annotations provide literary, historical, and cultural context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Faddei Bulgarin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501782622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501782626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Faddei Bulgarin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906791756031,"sku":"9781501782626","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe69e5f1-915a-4b83-9ae3-8c561373ec59.jpg?v=1748771430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ivan-vyzhigin-faddei-bulgarin-9781501782626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}