A picaresque tale of Ivan Vyzhigin, an orphaned peasant, navigating 19th-century Russia with humor and social satire.
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A picaresque tale of Ivan Vyzhigin, an orphaned peasant, navigating 19th-century Russia with humor and social satire.
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With his translation, Michael R. Katz makes available the first bestselling novel in Russia, Faddei Bulgarin's social satire Ivan Vyzhigin (1829). The novel is an amusing picaresque filled with local color and comical portraits, narrated by its hero, an orphaned peasant who relates his many adventures as a young man. The book is remarkable for its accurate descriptions of nineteenth-century Russian day-to-day reality: the clothes, food, surroundings, and characters that Ivan Vyzhigin encounters....
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Minor romantic elements likely present in hero's adventures.
Violence & gore
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Minor violence possible in a picaresque setting.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Minor religious context likely in 19th-century Russian setting.
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy elements present.
Occult / demonology
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No occult elements present.
Political content
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Moderate social satire critiquing 19th-century Russian society.
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
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Minor suffering likely due to hero's peasant background.
Other
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