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- Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (1881-1925) is a most popular Russian satirist of the
beginning of XX century. He is 1st great humorist in Russian literature and a really
classic, great Russian writer. His main works are short humoristic stories.
- The list of the biggest Russian satirists of XX century is simple: Averchenko, Zoschenko
(1894-1958), Ilf & Petrov (1897-1937, 1904-1942). Probably, Averchenko is #1 in this
list. He a little reminds Jerome K. Jerome and Anton Chekhov. His heroes usually - Russian
aristocrates of big towns like St. Petersburg. He was also a real gentleman; and real
citizen: in 1917-1920 he took active part in the anti-communist movement in Russia (as
writer). Then he left Russia. His death in 1925 (Prague) was a sensation and a tragedy for
Russian literature.
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- Aristocratic, gentle, bright humor
- Brilliant knowledge of human nature
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- Available Books of Arkady Averchenko (Russian language)
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- "Sobranie sochineny
v 6 tomakh (rasskazy)" ("The Collected Works in Six Volumes")
- Publisher: "Respublika" (1999)
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- "Rokovoi vyigrysh
(rasskazy)" ("Fatal Prize: stories")
- Publisher: "Dom" (1994)
- 379 pages
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- Other
Books of Arkady Averchenko
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