The Village of Stepanchikovo : And its Inhabitants: from the Notes of an Unknown, EPUB eBook

The Village of Stepanchikovo : And its Inhabitants: from the Notes of an Unknown EPUB

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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.

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