The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants: Newly Translated and Annotated

Presented in a new translation by Roger Cockrell, The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants was originally conceived as a play and first published in 1859, shortly after the author's release from forced military service. Gogolian in style and tone, and waspish in its description of the villainous Opiskin, it is a sustained exercise in caricatural cruelty and a comedic tour de force. The young Sergei is summoned from St Petersburg by his uncle, the retired colonel Yegor Rostanev, to the remote country estate of Stepanchikovo. Rostanev's household, populated by a medley of remarkable char acters, is dominated by the figure of Foma Opiskin, a devious, manipulative hanger-on who has everyone in thrall and plots to marry the colonel to the woman of his choice, Tatyana Ivanova. When Opiskin finds that his plans are being thwarted, a confrontation with Rostanev ensues, and all hell is let loose. EAN: 9781847499080 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 23.01.2024 Produktform: Kartoniert Autoren: Dostoevsky, Fyodor Übersetzung: Cockrell, Roger Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 224 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Classics Keyword: Russian literature; classic; literature in translation; classic literature; translation; Gogolian; comedic; comedy; Opiskin; Yegor Rostanev; Tatyana Ivanova; Sergei Aleksandrovich; tyranny; The Brothers Karamazov; the idiot; crime and punishment; tolstoy; turnegev Fachschema: Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Russische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Russland / Roman, Erzählung Fachkategorie: Belletristik in Übersetzung~Klassische Lyrik, Lyrik bis 1900, Klassische Belletristik Region: Russland Imprint-Titels: Alma Classics Text Sprache: eng Verlag: Alma Books Ltd. Länge: 198 mm Breite: 129 mm Höhe: 25 mm Gewicht: 454 gr Genre: Importe