"The village of Stepanchikovo and its Inhabitants" is a satirical novel by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky about the life of a provincial estate, written in 1859.The good-natured owner, retired Colonel Rostanev, finds himself under the full influence of a former servant and hanger-on, Thomas Fomich Opiskin, who has turned into a despotic manipulator. Like Tartuffe from Moliere's play, Thomas skillfully controls others, provoking intrigues and squabbles. The arrival of Sergei Alexandrovich's nephew disrupts the usual way of life of the estate…