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Title	:	The Village of Stepanchikovo
Author	:	Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	December 1st 2001 by Penguin Book Limited (first published 1859)
Categories	:	Cultural. Russia. Fiction. Classics. Literature. Russian Literature

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Dostoyevsky said he wrote the Village of Stepanchikovo (1859) for the sheer pleasure of prolonging the adventures of my new hero and enjoying a good laugh at him. This hero is not unlike myself...

Dostoyevsky's narrator has been summoned to his uncle Colonel Rostanev's remote country estate in the hope that he will act as decoy and rescue Rostanev's former ward, Nastenka Yezhevikin, from the tyranny of Opiskin, a despot and charlatan who has the whole household under his thumb. Forty-eight hours of explosive comic drama unfold, culminating in a violent confrontation between Opiskin and the ineffectual Rostanev.

Dostoyevsky conveys a delight in life's absurdities to rival that of Gogol, yet at the same time in Opiskin, a comic monster of Russian literature, he creates an unflattering portrait of his mentor. Here we recognize the genesis of the characters and the revelatory dramatic scenes of and The Karamazov Brothers.

The cover shows a detail from Spring by Konstantin Fedorovich Yuon reproduced by courtesy of the David King Collection.

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Original Title:	Село Степанчиково и его обитатели
ISBN:	0140446583 (ISBN13: 9780140446586)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Foma Fomich Opiskin

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Who knew how many minor works Fyodor Dostoevsky has produced? I recently finished The Village of Stepanchikovo, also sometimes translated as The Friend of the Family. This is a short attempt at a comic novel that meets with middling success. The plot revolves around a rural household in thrall to a domineering pseudo-intellectual named Foma Fomich. Foma, though basically just a hanger-on, manipulates the entire family, including the uncle that is supposed to be in charge, into revering and

The Book Memory Access System. Numerically spread. 1) I map my entire life in books. Dont call me mad. Have understanding. 2) It helps me remember the important moments. I recall the book I was reading when such-and-such happened. Then I remember the event. 3) Sometimes, of course, I remember the book more than I remember the such-and-such that happened. 4) Therein lies the tension in this literary memory system. 5) You see, although people think life is chaotic, unpredictable and arbitrary, on

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04fxy8dDescription: Russia, 1859: The Manor of Stephanchikovo has been thrown into chaos by the activities of a former sergeant who has set himself up as an arbiter of morals and taste. When he interferes in the marriage plans of the family, the whole situation explodes.Stars David Suchet as the Colonel, Margot Boyd as Madame La Generale and Clive Merrison as Foma Fomich.Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1859 novel dramatised by David Blum.

Features one of D.s excessively-good characters in the uncle. Who does not come to a bad end like Prince Myshkin from The Idiot. Yes, he is mostly ineffectual against the domestic tyrant installed in his house except for one moment of crisis when he is effectual indeed but he is a total dear. To portray goodness was always one of D.s artistic aims, and he recognised it as one of the hardest things to do. His achievements in this area suffer critical neglect, too, in favour of the bad people,

Before this phrase, "my uncle was such a guy who eventually believed himself to be selfish, and for that he was punishing himself and not wanting to appear selfish, he was sending more and more money" "I was about to leave on the edge of the book, to open one that I have with short stories of Sherlock Holmes at the time of the meal and to come back later. But after that, I read the sentence again with the previous one. "The wagon, the servants and the armchair had been taken by the dishonored

One of Dostoevsky's minor works written after four years in prison. This comic novel takes place over 48 hours. The narrator, Sergey Aleksandrovich, is summoned by his wealthy uncle to the countyside, only to find his sweet, kindhearted uncle and the inhabitants of the whole household totally dominated by Foma Fomich, who is a pseudo-intellectual, a manipulator, hypocritical and ridiculous. He reminds me of a Dickens character. I really liked this book. It was funny, sweet and absurd. This would

Risking banishment from Mother Rus' literary revival tent, I had problems with this novel, which was principally a farce. It forms a pairing with Uncle's Dream and I find both wanting when considering The Eternal Husband. Considering its comedic trappings Dostoevsky is a bit catty towards Gogol here. The pantomime villain is a Rasputin of letters and all of his epigrams are iced with Gogol. I'm tempted to explore, was it a slight against Fyodor? Was it Gogol's orientation which made him a target