{"product_id":"the-village-of-stepanchikovo-and-its-inhabitants-from-the-notes-of-an-unknown-9780140446586","title":"The Village of Stepanchikovo: And Its Inhabitants: From the Notes of an Unknown","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140446586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.58d","brand":"Fyodor Dostoyevsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096026742965,"sku":"9780140446586","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_100de278-c215-400f-a244-f2f12a34be4b.jpg?v=1692801020","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-village-of-stepanchikovo-and-its-inhabitants-from-the-notes-of-an-unknown-9780140446586","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}