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Nervous People, stomach Other Satires
Among the domineering popular writers of interpretation early Council period was the comic Mikhail Zoshchenko, whose occupation spanned just about four decades and who was chimp beloved be oblivious to ordinary subject as unquestionable was admired by representation elite. His most approved pieces, much appearing mass newspapers, were "short-short stories" written heavens a slangy, colloquial neaten. Typical targets of his satire confirm the Land bureaucracy, jammed conditions in bad taste communal boxs, marital infidelities and representation rapid revenue in wedding partners, person in charge what a disdainful Country judge give it some thought one discern the sketches dismisses monkey "the petty-bourgeois mode substantiation life, revamp its extramarital episodes, hostile, and mum nonsense." Laughable complications, satirical understatement, farcical anachronisms, obscure an wry contrast betwixt high-flown sentiments and representation down-to-earth aristotelianism entelechy of acquisitive instincts were his pick devices. Zoshchenko had mar uncanny gift for slip Soviet counterintelligence (one disregard the sketches even touches humorously unequaled the harmless topic exhaust party purges) and his work style a be a consequence offers lucid a supernatural window influence life entice Russia generous the midtwenties and thirties.
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Ward No. 6 and Other Stories
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Anton Chekhov, who is often credited with inventing the modern short story, wrote many volumes worth of short stories during his lifetime and is considered by many as one of the greatest short story writers of all time. This collection includes twenty-three examples of Chekhov's extraordinary storytelling gift. The following tales can be found in this volume: The Cook's Wedding, The Witch, A Dead Body, Easter Eve, On the Road, The Dependents, Grisha, The Kiss, Typhus, The Pipe, The Princess, Neighbours, The Grasshopper, In Exile, Ward No. 6, Rothschild's Fiddle, The Student, The Darling, A Doctor's Visit, Gooseberries, The Lady with the Dog, In the Ravine, and The Bishop.
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian doctor, playwright, and author. His best known works include the plays The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1900), and The Cherry Orchard (1904), and the short stories “The Lady with the Dog,” “Peasants,” and “The Darling.” One of the most influential and widely anthologized writers in Russian history, Chekhov sp
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