Uncle's Dream

by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Hugh Aplin (Translator)

Overview

An entertaining parody of small-town manners and morals, this comic novella is a revelation

When the aging Russian Prince, Prince K., arrives in the town of Mordasov, Marya Alexandrovna Moskaleva, a doyenne of local society life, takes him under her protection, with the aim of engineering his marriage with her 23 year old daughter Zina. Yet with many rivals for the hands of both parties, events are not guaranteed to run smoothly. The gossiping and rumor of the country village are deftly captured in Dostoevsky's mock-heroic tone. A rare foray into comedy by the giant of Russian literature, this tale nonetheless still possesses all the hallmarks of Dostoevsky's psychological and philosophical writing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843912088
Publisher:	Hesperus Press
Publication date:	02/01/2012
Series:	Hesperus Classics Series
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky is a leading figure in Russian literature, and is regarded as one of the greatest prose writers of all time. His novels include The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, and The Idiot. Hugh Aplin has translated Mikhail Bulgakov's A Dog's Heart and The Fatal Eggs, Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Eternal Husband, and Mikhail Kuzmin's Wings.