The Golovlevs by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin

The Golovlevs

Apollo Library

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

432 pages first pub 1880 (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced
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Arina Petrovna rules the Golovlev family with an iron hand. Around her swarm her alcoholic sons, dissipated grandchildren and degenerate husband. But in his darkened study, her son Porfiry schemes for an overthrow of power. A stark portrait of the...

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