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The Merchant Has Arrived! A Tale of a Ruined Nobleman and the Merchants Who Got Rich

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Renowned satirist Nikolai Aleksandrovich Leykin once again demonstrates his mastery, as always addressing pressing social issues. With a sharp and caustic edge that makes you laugh, he describes the diverse types of society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Russia, at the junction of eras, was undergoing gradual but inevitable changes. The nobility was becoming less and less powerful, while merchants were gaining increasing influence. The author offers no definitive assessments of this phenomenon, attempting to portray the situation from multiple perspectives. Vivid, vivid images draw you into the story of change and how today's "masters of life" bought up the property of yesterday's. Although the story depicted seems far removed from our time, only the scenery changes, while the people remain. Like Leykin's other works, this novel is a veritable encyclopedia of Russian life, not only as it was in the late 19th century but also as it is today, in the 21st century. The cheerful and sad, sharply satirical and lyrical lines of this work are unlikely to leave anyone indifferent.
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