Ri/Leggere "La storia dell'artista Fedotov" di Viktor Šklovskij?

While Viktor Shklovsky’s theoretical, critical and autobiographical works recently became object of study and even polemic, his “Story of the Artist Fedotov”, about the sad fate of “the Russian Hogarth” (1815-1852), is almost ignored by scholars. In the article the story numerous redactions, written over forty years are compared, revealing its hidden addressee and, possibly, an unexpected reading key.