Author | Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin |
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Original title | Господа Головлёвы |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Family chronicle, satirical novel |
Publisher | Otechestvennye Zapiski |
Publication date | 1875–1880 |
Publication place | Russia |
Published in English | 1910 |
The Golovlyov Family (Russian: Господа Головлёвы, romanized: Gospoda Golovlyovy; also translated as The Golovlevs or A Family of Noblemen: The Gentlemen Golovliov) is a novel by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, written in the course of five years, first published in 1880, and generally regarded as the author's magnum opus.
The Golovlyov Family is regarded as a classic of Russian literature. According to D. S. Mirsky, it is "the gloomiest book in all Russian literature", and "this one book" places the author "in the very front line of Russian realistic novelists and secures him a permanent place among the national classics".[1]