The Golovlyov Family

The Golovlyov Family

First edition
Author	Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
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]