The story of one city. Saltykov-Shchedrin Mikhail Evgrafovich

The History of one City is a satirical novel by Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, written in 1869-1870. Contains allusions to the Empresses of the XVIII century, a parody of famous officials, allegories about the morals of landowners. So the history of the city of Glupov becomes the image of the entire Russian Empire from prehistoric times to the conditional reign of Nicholas I. The daring, witty and eternal work, which became the classic of world literature.