by Henri Troyat · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782724220384
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«Marie Karpovna» is the psychological novel by Henri Troyat, published by Flammarion in paperback (204 pages, in French).
In feudal Russia, Marie Karpovna exercises despotic power over her domain: serfs, governess and children obey with resignation or contained rebellion. The novel portrays her need to dominate everything and the hatred that this tyranny accumulates, until a tragic outcome that shows the social and family tensions of the era.
The work, subtitled «roman», was published in 1984; the cover indicates that Henri Troyat was a member of the French Academy.
Work for readers interested in the psychological portrait of power and in feudal Russia.
Henri Troyat was a Russian-French writer, biographer, historian, and novelist.
