Stepanchikovo village and its inhabitants: Fedor Dostoevsky

“The village of Stepanchikovo and its inhabitants” is one of the most famous works by Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881). It was in this early story that the writer entered that literary territory where he was destined to gain worldwide glory. The story of a provincial Tyranian, about a marvelous philosopher of a village scale, which is ready to reinstall life around at its discretion, has become the material from which the “Karamazov brothers”, “idiot”, “demons” and other novels will grow later. In the characters of the main characters opposed to each other, the basic socio-psychological motifs of Dostoevsky’s work were embodied. Colonel Rostanev is the first sketch of a perfectly beautiful person who sends the reader to the future Prince Myshkin, and the name of Thomas Opuskin, this Russian Tartuf, the predecessor of Fedor Pavlovich Karamazov, will become a household. “The village of Stepanchikovo” has been embodied on stage more than once. The very first production was carried out by K. S. Stanislavsky; Great fame Usalis …

Author
Dostoevsky Fedor Mikhailovich
Publisher
Ig Lenizdat, 2014
Series
Lenizza-classic