{"product_id":"9780141965383","title":"The Village of Stepanchikovo: And its Inhabitants: from the Notes of an Unknown","description":"Summoned to the country estate of his wealthy uncle Colonel Yegor Rostanev, the young student Sergey Aleksandrovich finds himself thrown into a startling bedlam. For as he soon sees, his meek and kind-hearted uncle is wholly dominated by a pretentious and despotic pseudo-intellectual named Opiskin, a charlatan who has ingratiated himself with Yegor’s mother and now holds the entire household under his thumb. Watching the absurd theatrics of this domestic tyrant over forty-eight explosive hours, Sergey grows increasingly furious - until at last, he feels compelled to act. A compelling comic exploration of petty tyranny, The Village of Stepanchikovo reveals a delight in life’s wild absurdities that rivals even Gogol’s. It also offers a fascinating insight into the genesis of the characters and situations of many of Dostoyevsky’s great later novels, including The Idiot, Devils and The Brothers Karamazov.","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080609251568,"sku":"9780141965383","price":18.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141965383_p0.jpg?v=1763656052","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141965383","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}