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The Twelve Chairs (Russian: Двенадцать стульев, romanized: Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a classic satirical picaresque novel by the Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, published in 1928. Its plot follows characters attempting to obtain jewelry hidden in a chair.
- Ilf and Petrov
- 1928
May 30, 2024 · Set in 1920s Soviet Russia, The Twelve Chairs follows the hilarious misadventures of a former aristocrat, Ippolit Vorobyaninov, and a charismatic opportunist, Ostap Bender, as they embark on a quest to find a set of valuable chairs that have hidden treasures sewn into their upholstery.
Brooks' story is based on the Russian classic about a man whose mother confesses, on her deathbed, to having hidden the family fortune in the seat of one of a matched set of 12 chairs. The idea was to hide the jewels from the recently victorious revolution. But, alas, the chairs have been scattered.
Jun 28, 2016 · “I want to grovel at your feet! I must grovel at your feet!” exclaims Father Fyodor. Madame Bruns replies, “No groveling! There will be no groveling in this house! This is a S…
Years after the Russian Revolution in 1917, the former aristocrat Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov is informed by his terminal mother-in-law that she has hidden her jewels in a the upholstery of chair from a set of twelve chairs.
Feb 12, 2010 · In The Twelve Chairs, Bender travels about the Soviet Union trying to find which one of a dozen dining-room chairs contains the jewels hidden in its upholstery by a provincial aristocratic family...
In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.
