{"product_id":"selected-stories-paperback-22","title":"Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Veltman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames J. Gebhard\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Fomich Veltman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive tales of social satire from a forgotten sensation of nineteenth-century Russian literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1830s and '40s Russia, A. F. Veltman's eccentric writings were a fixture on the bookshelves of the reading public. In his era, his work influenced writers including Pushkin, Gogol, and Dostoevsky. The five stories collected here, united by themes of social satire, display Veltman's characteristic pivots between the tragic, comic, and grotesque. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Erotida\" riffs on the genre of the society tale with linguistic puns and a bizarre plot resolution. In \"Roland the Furious,\" provincial officials mistake a traveler for a high-ranking government functionary. \"Travel Impressions, and, among Other Things, a Pot of Geraniums\" plays on the travelogue genre and includes what may be the first description in Russian literature of journey by railroad. \"A Traveler from the Provinces; or, A Commotion in the Capital\" parodies the Moscow literary salons of Veltman's day. Finally, \"It's Not a House, but a Plaything!\" toys with yet another storytelling convention of the time--the Russian folkloric tradition of \"house spirits.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALEXANDER FOMICH VELTMAN\u003c\/b\u003e (1800-1870) was a popular and influential writer in his own time whose experimental works range from prose to poetry and realism to fantasy, including time-travel fiction. He was a friend of Pushkin, and his novels were praised by both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Wanderer \u003c\/i\u003eis also published by Northwestern University Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMES J. GEBHARD \u003c\/b\u003ewas professor of Slavic and East European languages at Pennsylvania State University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.21 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392282345721,"sku":"9780810149328","price":46.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vdNqqEzhQB9780810149328_f8b7f6a1-c7f1-4fa9-9271-916e1074f416.webp?v=1770237044","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/selected-stories-paperback-22","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}