Project Gutenberg 2025-04-21 Public domain in the USA. 144 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821 1881 Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoievski, Fédor Mikhailovitch Достоевский, Фёдор Михайлович Dostoievski, Fiodor Dostoievski, Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, F. M. Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich 1865 1941 Мережковский, Дмитрий Сергеевич Mérejkowsky, Dmitry de Mérejkowski, Dmitri Merejkowsky, Dmitry de Merejkowski, Dmitri Mereschkowski, Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Dmitri Moeller van den Bruck, Arthur 1876 1925 Bruck, Arthur Moeller van den Van den Bruck, Arthur Moeller Den Bruck, Arthur Moeller van Rahsin, E. K. 1886 1966 Rahsin, Less Разин, Э. К. Kaerrick, Less Kaerrick, Elisabeth Кэррик, Элизабет Кэррик, Лесс Selo Stepanchikovo i ego obitateli. German Sämtliche Werke 16 : $b Das Gut Stepantschikowo und seine Bewohner $aMuenchen :$bPiper, $c1920. Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Gut_Stepantschikowo_und_seine_Bewohner Translation of: Село Степанчиково и его обитатели. Из записок неизвестного (Selo Stepanchikovo i ego obitateli. Iz zapisok neizvestnogo). The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library. "Sämtliche Werke 16: Das Gut Stepantschikowo und seine Bewohner" by Dostoyevsky is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The book appears to center on a Russian country estate and its eccentric inhabitants, with particular focus on themes of humor and satire in Russian society. The main characters introduced include the good-natured Colonel Yegor Ilyich Rostanev, his domineering mother the Generalin, the manipulative Foma Fomich Opiskin, and a host of other family members and dependents whose lives intertwine in comic and critical ways. Central to the story is the conflict between kindness, weakness, manipulation, and the comic absurdity that ensues within the microcosm of the estate. The opening of this novel sets the tone with discussions on the nature of Russian humor and its roots in societal contradictions, such as the fusion of Asiatic and European elements and the struggle between tradition and modernity. The narrative then shifts to introduce Colonel Rostanev, a gentle and accommodating landowner whose life becomes complicated by a parade of relatives and dependents—especially after his mother and her entourage descend upon the estate, bringing with them the scheming Foma Fomich. Detailed background is given on the family dynamics, the arrival and rise to power of Foma Fomich, and the narrator's personal connection to the household. As the narrator prepares to visit Stepantschikovo, entangled in plots to arrange marriages and resolve domestic chaos, the stage is set for a satirical exploration of family, authority, and provincial life in Russia. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007324754 20180111014055dostojewsk 1920 de Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. de Impostors and imposture -- Fiction Families -- Russia -- Fiction PG Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: Russian Literature 713731 2025-07-30T05:52:36.228185 text/html 688272 2025-04-20T23:30:20 text/html 512190 2025-07-30T05:52:45.557181 application/epub+zip 507901 2025-07-30T05:52:38.047157 application/epub+zip 404564 2025-07-30T05:52:37.189223 application/epub+zip 676356 2025-07-30T05:52:51.031148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 627586 2025-07-30T05:52:44.697133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 650010 2025-07-30T05:52:34.951201 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 630006 2025-04-20T23:30:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20968 2025-07-30T05:52:51.241114 application/rdf+xml 17538 2025-07-30T05:52:37.368171 image/jpeg 3411 2025-07-30T05:52:37.277204 image/jpeg 433944 2025-07-30T05:52:36.308211 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia de.wikipedia de.wikipedia