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The Golovlyov Family (Господа Головлёвы). Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (Михаил Евграфович Салтыков) (1826-1889), first published in 1880. It is regarded as a classic of Russian literature, considered to be "the gloomiest book in all Russian literature" [D. S. Mirsky] making it very Russian indeed.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1962. Translated by Natalie Duddington, introduction by Edward Garnett. Small hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. Jacket good, white mark first page, contents have a few pencil annotations by former owner. Overall good. 1 copy only.