Saltykov-Shchedrin. The Gentry Golovlyov

The book of the great Russian satirist includes his famous «social novel» «The Gentry Golovlyov». At the center of the novel is the chronicle of the life of a noble family in the second half of the 19th century. The materially prosperous and growing Golovlyov family, embodying the Russian bourgeoisie, undergoes a process of internal emptiness and the death of the human soul. The image of the central character Iudushka Golovlyov—a man devoid of any internal measure, who sincerely considers himself a champion of truth—has become a symbol of the lies and moral decay of man. For senior school age.