Eagle-Patron of Arts, the (1886) [Short Story]
by Mikhail Saltykov
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Summary
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In this scathing satire of landowners and government officials, an eagle, Russia’s national emblem, becomes the ruler over other birds and establishes a tyrannical domain. He is pressured into establishing a period of Enlightenment, focusing on education and the arts.
Original title: Орел-меценат
Alternative titles: The Eagle as Patron of the Arts
Original languages:
Russian
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Fantasy→ A Bestiary
Fiction→ General Fiction→ Humor→ Satire
Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Russian Comic Fiction (1970) [Anthology]
Authors: Fyodor Dostoevsky
, Anton Chekhov
, Leo Tolstoy
, Nikolai Gogol
, Ivan Krylov
, Mikhail Saltykov
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