The Village of Stepanchikovo
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Village of Stepanchikovo (1859) is a comic novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, written after his Siberian exile. The narrator visits his uncle, a kind retired colonel whose country estate is ruled by Foma Fomich Opiskin, a pompous former hanger-on. Foma bullies the household and demands everyone's admiration, and the uncle's attempt to marry the governess he loves brings matters to a head.
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