28. The Young Nobleman. Glupashkin. An Aficionado of Dramatic Art. Disorder in the Robbers’ Den. Misfortune. Grunya’s Flight. Honesty in Wolf ’s Clothing, or Don’t Judge by Appearances. The Egoist

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translator’s Note and Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Picaresque Adventures of Faddei Bulgarin and His Ivan Vyzhigin by William Mills Todd III xi
5. Preface to Novel 1
6. 1. The Little Orphan, or a Portrait of Humanity in the Manner of the Flemish School 7
7. 2. Mr. Gologordovsky and His Family 13
8. 3. Love 20
9. 4. Matchmaking 24
10. 5. The Ball and Abduction 29
11. 6. Marriage and Parting with the Newlyweds 36
12. 7. A Rich Yid. Sources of His Wealth 40
13. 8. Meeting a Civil Servant, Returning from a Certain Place, with the Other One Going to a Certain Place. I Leave the Yid 50
14. 9. An Unexpected Meeting. A Transformation. My Aunt. My Education 58
15. 10. Examination in Boarding School. A Tempter. My Aunt’s New Friend. Something Like First Love. Departure from Moscow 69
16. 11. I Get to Know Vorovatin Better. An Overheard Conversation. Premonitions. A Police Captain 81
17. 12. An Emancipated Man. A Lunatic. Deceived in Love 94
18. 13. A Prisoner of the Kirghiz. A Kirghiz Philosopher, Arsalan-Sultan. I Become a Horseman 102
19. 14. Arsalan-Sultan’s Account of His Stay in Russia 110
20. 15. Consequences of a Hard Winter in the Steppe. The Attack. A Joyful Reunion with My First Benefactor 121
21. 16. Milovidin’s Tale. A Moral Automaton and His Housekeeper. An Old Maid’s Family. A Panorama of Moscow Society. A Friendly Quadrille. A Russian Foreigner. Society at the Spa. A View of Venice 129
22. 17. The Resolution of the Kirghiz Elders Concerning My Reward. The Continuation of Milovidin’s Tale. A Duel. The Flight. The Apostate Yid. Arrival in Constantinople. What Is Pera? Betrayal. Slavery. Liberation 140
23. 18. Departure from the Steppe. The Police Chief Once Again! Collectors of Transit Dues. The Officials’ Feast 154
24. 19. A Business Conversation at a Russian Merchant’s. A Tempestuous Man. The End of a Villain 170
25. 20. A Landowner—the Kind We Need More of in Russia. Judge the Flock by Its Priest 181
26. 21. The Audacious Landowner—Sila Minich Glazdurin 193
27. 22. A Retired Soldier’s Story. Arrival in Moscow. My Aunt’s History. I Find My Mother. The Seducer. Murderers 203
28. 23. The Conclusion of Adelaida Petrovna’s Story. Marriage. Reeducation. The Free Life. The Fatal Consequences of Negligence. I Enter the World. Paying Visits 214
29. 24. A Picture of High Society. Meeting with a Kind Enemy. Oh, Human Weakness! 228
30. 25. Grunya’s Story. Friendship with a Clever Actress, or The Shortest, Surest, and Nicest Path to Ruin 239
31. 26. Deliver Us from Evil! A Lesson in Daytime Piracy. Advice from an Old Soldier. I Come into Money Again 250
32. 27. False Gamblers. A Letter from Milovidin. He Located His Wife. Petronella’s Repentance. Sequestration in Poland, or Check and Mate to Creditors. The Death of Mr. Gologordovsky. Mr. Pochtivsky, His Other Son-in-Law 261
33. 28. The Young Nobleman. Glupashkin. An Aficionado of Dramatic Art. Disorder in the Robbers’ Den. Misfortune. Grunya’s Flight. Honesty in Wolf ’s Clothing, or Don’t Judge by Appearances. The Egoist 272
34. 29. My Intention to Marry. Official Arithmetic. Acquaintance with a Wealthy Tax Farmer. A Feast in the Home of the Merchant Moshnin. His Family. Domestic Theater 284
35. 30. Failure in Matchmaking. Letters from the Kirghiz Steppe and from Paris. Departure for the Army. War. Distinction. Return to Moscow 296
36. 31. Retirement. Departure for Petersburg. The Difference between Petersburg and Moscow Society. A Wicked Plan. The Unfortunate Olinka. I Am Imprisoned. It’s Possible to Be Happy Even in a Disastrous Situation 312
37. 32. A Savior. It’s the Crime, Not the Place, That Dishonors a Man. A Just Punishment for a Villain. A Secret Revealed. Last Will and Testament. Love and Friendship. The Lawsuit. Solicitors. Secretaries. A Visit to the Judges. There Are Good People Everywhere 328
38. 33. Usurers. The End of My Lawsuit. Supplement to Pyotr Petrovich’s Account. The Fate of Literary Men. Trouble from Hypocrites. Persons Who Curry Favor. Marriage. The Grandee’s Kindness. The Course of Affairs. The Incursion of Relatives. Retirement. All’s Well That Ends Well. Conclusion 344
39. List of Principal Characters 363
40. Selected Bibliography of Major Works in English on Bulgarin’s Ivan Vyzhigin 367