The Village of Stepanchikovo: And Its Inhabitants: From the Notes of an Unknown (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140446586)

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.

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ISBN-10: 0140446583
ISBN-13: 9780140446586
Publisher: Penguin Group
Language: English
Published: 12/01/1995
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.58d