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They should be read in the time when they were written and now, so to speak, timeless, when the so-called reality surpassed and rhymed with many "harsh words" with its original satire.
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Matica hrvatska, 1927.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
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Novel • Humor and Satire • Russian literature
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