Family tree (Russian family biography)

In the novel "The Memoir of a Russian Family" by the Russian writer Sergei Aksakov, the reader will notice the similarity in some events and characters between old Russia and our Arab society, and will be amazed by the shared traditions with an Eastern background and a long history of authenticity and pride. The reader can also learn about Russia during the era of slavery and imperial rule, as the events with their social shadow unfold over the years. The social life described by Aksakov in the first part reminds us of the "Mahfouz" trilogy. The great, the intertwining of the heroes' stories, unbalanced love stories, and life in the house of the stern master who bears no weight except for his word, and the tricks of the housewives to escape some of their rights or sometimes out of greed. Simply, we are facing a very important social portrait of Russia in that era, against a historical and political background, in an engaging creative novelistic framework.