An edition of Двенадцать стульев (1938)

The twelve chairs

a novel

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The twelve chairs
Илья Арнольдович Ильф, Евгений ...
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An edition of Двенадцать стульев (1938)

The twelve chairs

a novel

by and

  • ★★★ 3.4 (9 ratings) ·
  • 16 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 12 Have read

"Ostap Bender is an unemployed con artist living by his wits in postrevolutionary Soviet Russia. He joins forces with Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov, a former nobleman who has returned to his hometown to find a cache of missing jewels which were hidden in some chairs that have been appropriated by the Soviet authorities.

The search for the bejeweled chairs takes these unlikely heroes from the provinces to Moscow to the wilds of Soviet Georgia and the Trans-caucasus mountains; on their quest they encounter a wide variety of characters: from opportunistic Soviet bureaucrats to aging survivors of the prerevolutionary propertied classes, each one more selfish, venal, and ineffective than the one before."--BOOK JACKET.

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Northwestern University Press
Language
English
Pages
546

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Subjects

Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Ficiton, Description and travel, Lost articles, Russian fiction, Satire, Fiction, humorous, general, Social life and customs, History, Swindlers and swindling, Jewelry, Lost articles--fiction, Russian fiction--20th century, Lost articles--ficiton, Pg3476.i44 d913 2011, 891.73/42

People

Ilʹi︠a︡ Ilʹf (1897-1937)

Places

Soviet Union

Times

20th century, 1917-1970, 1917-1936

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Cover of: The twelve chairs
The twelve chairs: a novel
2011, Northwestern University Press
in English
Cover of: Dvenadtsat' stul'ev
Dvenadtsat' stul'ev
2003, Vagrius
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Cover of: Dvenadcat' stul'ev
Dvenadcat' stul'ev
1999, Olimp, Izdatel'stvo AST
in Russian
Cover of: Dvenadt︠s︡atʹ stulʹev
Dvenadt︠s︡atʹ stulʹev
1997, "Vagrius"
in Russian
Cover of: The twelve chairs
The twelve chairs
1997, Northwestern University Press
in English
Cover of: The twelve chairs
The twelve chairs
1961-03, Vintage Books
in English - [1st Vintage ed.]

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Edition Notes

"Originally published in Russian under the title Dvenadtsat' Stul'ev in 1928."

Includes bibliographical references.

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Series
Northwestern world classics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
891.73/42
Library of Congress
PG3476.I44 D913 2011, PG3476.I44D913 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxviii, 546 p. ;
Number of pages
546

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OL25211126M
ISBN 13
9780810127722
LCCN
2011013393
OCLC/WorldCat
710045227

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