Modern Idyll

Modern Idyll
AuthorMikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Original titleСовременная идиллия
CountryRussian Empire
LanguageRussian
GenrePolitical satire, picaresque novel, menippean satire[1]
PublisherOtechestvennye Zapiski
Publication date
1883

Modern Idyll (Russian: Современная идиллия, romanized: Sovremennaya idilliya, also mentioned as Contemporary Idyll) is a satirical novel (viewed alternatively as a thematically linked short story collection) by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, started in 1877 and originally serialized by Otechestvennye Zapiski magazine. It came out as a separate edition in 1883 to great public and critical acclaim.[2]

References

  1. ^ "М. Е. Салтыков-щедрин и античная литература". Культура И Текст. 4 (22): 14–24. 2015.
  2. ^ Zhuk, A.A. (1973). "Commentaries to the Modern Idyll". Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. The Works by M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin in 20 volumes. Vol. XV, book 1. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
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  • Fables (1869—1886)


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