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Prostakov
also: Mrs. Prostakova
The foolish, domineering gentry family of Fonvizin's The Minor, emblematic of ignorant provincial landowners; invoked as a type still recognizable among the play's own minor gentry.
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also: Mrs. Prostakova
The foolish, domineering gentry family of Fonvizin's The Minor, emblematic of ignorant provincial landowners; invoked as a type still recognizable among the play's own minor gentry.