The Golovlyov family / M. E. Saltykov- Shchedrin; translated by I. P. Foote

By:

Saltykov- Shchedrin, M. E [author]

Contributor(s):

Foote, I. P [translator]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: xxi, 408 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781786690050

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

891.733 SAT

Summary: 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.

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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.

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The Golovlyov family / M. E. Saltykov- Shchedrin; translated by I. P. Foote