The History of a Town
10 hrs. 18 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Author
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Narrator
Roman Staburov
Narrator
Roman Staburov
Description
The collection includes the best satirical works of Saltykov-Shchedrin, which have entered the golden fund of Russian literature.
A novel-pamphlet “The History of One Town,” in which behind the ironic grotesque of an incredible story about the fictional town of Glupov, there is a fully real Russian province— a province of embezzlement and servility, total corruption, and unbridled despotism of those in power. Fairy tales-parables that bitterly mock the ruling classes, officials, and politicians. Fairy tales that we reread in adulthood—and they sound completely differently…
A novel-pamphlet “The History of One Town,” in which behind the ironic grotesque of an incredible story about the fictional town of Glupov, there is a fully real Russian province— a province of embezzlement and servility, total corruption, and unbridled despotism of those in power. Fairy tales-parables that bitterly mock the ruling classes, officials, and politicians. Fairy tales that we reread in adulthood—and they sound completely differently…
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