Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ignat Avsey

And its Inhabitants: from the Notes of an Unknown

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&rsquo;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&rsquo;s wild absurdities that rivals even Gogol&rsquo;s. It also offers a fascinating insight into the genesis of the characters and situations of many of Dostoyevsky&rsquo;s great later novels, including The Idiot, Devils and The Brothers Karamazov.

The Village of Stepanchikovo

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