Scan barcode
336 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141392936
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication date: 25 July 2013
Description
A dark classic of Russia's silver age, this blackly funny novel recounts a schoolteacher's descent into sadism, arson and murder. Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial schoolteacher Peredonov torments his students and has halluc...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings
336 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141392936
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication date: 25 July 2013
Description
A dark classic of Russia's silver age, this blackly funny novel recounts a schoolteacher's descent into sadism, arson and murder. Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial schoolteacher Peredonov torments his students and has halluc...