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615 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1928
"نکند کلید آپارتمانی که پول تویش هست را هم میخواهی".
کوه یخ به حرکت در آمد
آقایان هیئت منصفه، جلسه ادامه دارد
“Tell me, dad,” said the young man, taking a puff, “are there any marriageable young girls in this town?”
The old caretaker did not show the least surprise.
“For some a mare'd be a bride,” he answered, readily striking up a conversation.
“I have no more questions,” said the young man quickly. And he immediately asked one more: “A house like this and no girls in it?”
“It's a long while since there've been any young girls here,” replied the old man. “This is a state institution – a home for old-age women pensioners.”
“I see. For ones born before historical materialism?”
“That's it. They were born when they were born.”
In the first side street Ippolit Matveyevich leaned against Liza and began to paw her. Liza fought him off.
“Stop it!” she cried. “Stop it! Stop it!”
“Let's go to a hotel,” Vorobyaninov urged.
Liza freed herself with difficulty and, without taking aim, punched the lady-killer on the nose. The pince-nez with the gold nose-piece fell to the ground and, getting in the way of one of the square-toed baronial boots broke with a crunch.
The evening breeze
Sighs through the trees
Choking back her tears, Liza ran home down Silver Lane.
Loud and fast
Flows the Gualdalquivir.
دو نفری نوشتن برخلاف آنچه عملیاتِ سادهی ریاضی نشان میدهد، نه تنها دو برابر آسانتر نیست، بلکه ده برابر مشکلتر است. این نه جمع سادهی دو نیرو، بلکه مبارزهی بیوقفهی دو نیرو بود. مبارزهای فرساینده و در عین حال ثمربخش.
رمان دوازده صندلی با واکنشِ بسیار سردِ مقاماتِ شوروی روبهرو شد و بخشهای بسیاری از آن را سانسور کردند. سانسور رمان در ده سال بعد پیوسته کاملتر میشد تا جایی که در برخی از چاپها حجم کتاب به یک سوم حجم اصلی رسید.