This book by the great Russian satirist includes his famous "social novel," "The Golovlyov Family." At the center of the novel is a chronicle of the life of a noble family in the second half of the 19th century. The financially successful and prospering Golovlyov family, embodying the Russian bourgeoisie, undergoes a process of inner emptiness and the death of the human soul. The image of the central character, Iudushka Golovlyov—a man devoid of any inner moral compass, yet sincerely believing himself to be a champion of truth—has become a symbol of falsehood and the moral decay of a person.
Author: Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Illustrations: Viktor Britvin
Pages: 334 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 210x135x21 mm
Series: Living Classics
