Gentlemen Golovlyov. Saltykov-Shchedrin M.E.

Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889)-Russian writer, critic and journalist. In his works, Saltykov-Shchedrin raised acute social issues, topics of morality and morality in his contemporary society.

gentlemen Golovleva (1880)-a cycle of stories about the landowner Golovlevov family. Later, the author decided to combine these stories into the novel.

The main character of the novel - Porfiry Gololev, Judas, Bloodyelee, these nicknames, as a child, gives him the elder brother Stepan. From an early age, Porfiry learned to go to the imperious, despotic mother Arina Petrovna and influence her decisions. And the mother, in turn, felt that she was hiding behind the meekness and affection of her son.

The events of the novel are unfolding against the background of the great reforms of the Russian Empire, the most important of which was the abolition of serfdom.