The Village of Stepanchikovo (Penguin Classics) Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ignat Avsey

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". Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Village of Stepanchikovo (Penguin Classics) (Ignat Avsey, Fyodor Dostoyevsky)