Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin[a] (1826 – 1889), was a major Russian writer and satirist of the 19th century. He spent most of his life working as a civil servant in various capacities. After the death of poet Nikolay Nekrasov he acted as editor of the well-known Russian magazine, Otechestvenniye Zapiski, until the government banned it in 1884. His best-known work, the novel The Golovlyov...
Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin - How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials
How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials
Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin
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Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin[a] (1826 – 1889), was a major Russian writer and satirist of the 19th century. He spent most of his life working as a civil servant in various capacities. After the death of poet Nikolay Nekrasov he acted as editor of the well-known Russian magazine, Otechestvenniye Zapiski, until the government banned it in 1884. His best-known work, the novel The Golovlyov Family, appeared in 1876.
Translated, Compiled and Edited by Thomas Seltzer (1875-1943)