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M Saltykov-Shchedrin. The Golovlovs. Signet Classics, 1961. 1st printing, 317 pages. Solidly bound copy with very little external wear, crisp pages and clean text.
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889) was a major Russian satirist and The Golovlovs (aka Golovlyovs) is his best-known work.
A vicious circle of greed, self-pity and hypocritical repentance is perpetuated by tough and shrewd Arina Petrovna who tries her best to make her estate prosper and expand, despite the unwillingness of her husband, her conniving servants and three of her four children to lend helping hands. Her venomous relationships with her sons foreshadows the future of their ruin, but strangely each offender grows more sympathetic.