The Golovlyov family /
Saltykov- Shchedrin, M. E.
The Golovlyov family / M. E. Saltykov- Shchedrin; translated by I. P. Foote - xxi, 408 pages ; 20 cm
Arina Petrovna rules the Golovlev family with an iron hand. Around her swarm her family; her alcoholic sons, dissipated grandchildren and degenerate husband. But in his darkened study, her son Porfiry schemes for an overthrow of power. In this powerful novel, the great Russian satirist presents a stark portrait of the Russian gentry sapped by generations of idleness and social irrelevance.
9781786690050
Families--Russia--Fiction.
Russian fiction--Translations into English.
891.733 SAT
The Golovlyov family / M. E. Saltykov- Shchedrin; translated by I. P. Foote - xxi, 408 pages ; 20 cm
Arina Petrovna rules the Golovlev family with an iron hand. Around her swarm her family; her alcoholic sons, dissipated grandchildren and degenerate husband. But in his darkened study, her son Porfiry schemes for an overthrow of power. In this powerful novel, the great Russian satirist presents a stark portrait of the Russian gentry sapped by generations of idleness and social irrelevance.
9781786690050
Families--Russia--Fiction.
Russian fiction--Translations into English.
891.733 SAT