The History of a Town

by Mikhail E. Saltykov-Shchedrin

Book Overview

The town governors... all flogged the inhabitants, but the first flogged them pure and simple, the second explained their zeal by referring to the needs of civilization, and the third asked only that in all matters the inhabitants should trust in their valour.

One of the major satirical novels of the 19th century, Shchedrin's farcical history of Glupov (or Stupid Town) follows the bewildered and stoical Russian inhabitants for hundreds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784975427
• ISBN13: 9781784975425
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Apollo Library
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.7"