The Golovlevs by Mikhail E. Saltykov-Shchedrin

The Golovlevs

Mikhail E. Saltykov-Shchedrin with I.P. Foote (Translator)

336 pages missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced

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Saltykov was the leading satirist in 19th-century Russia. This, his only novel, in a new translation specially commissioned for the World's Classics, is a savage indictment of the family and the land-owning classes in Russia. Theodore Dreiser wrot...

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Moods

dark 100%
reflective 100%
funny 50%
sad 50%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

No: 50% | Yes: 50%

Loveable characters?

No: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

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