The Friend of the Family : or, The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Crime from the philosophers of ancient

from the philosophers of ancient Greece to the poets of the Romantic Age

exploitation to liberation

And they can't stand each other

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The Friend of the Family : or, The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Crime from the philosophers of ancient'A magnificent comic novel' TLS An exuberant farce from a treasure of world literature. At the country estate of kindly Colonel Rostanev, parasitic houseguest Foma Opiskin has brought everyone under his sway. Now Opiskin plans to marry off his host to a wealthy widow. Will the Colonel give way to Opiskin's bullying and sacrifice the love of his life, Nastasya? Or will he finally resist the petty tyrant's demands? Farcical and effervescent with