High Society Reception. Teacher Gnus

"High Society Reception" is a "chronicle of lost time" that reveals not only a panorama of human destinies but also the underbelly of life and feelings.The action of the novel unfolds in a mansion, where the high society reception drags... on, hour after hour, with its participants feeling bored and entertained, philosophizing and flirting, breaking hearts and experiencing personal "little tragedies"..."Teacher Gnus" is a novel written at the intersection of psychological realism and social satire, which underwent harsh criticism and gained worldwide fame after the release of the film "The Blue Angel" (1930) featuring the legendary Marlene Dietrich in the lead role.As the epochs change, in the gymnasium of a small provincial town, the teacher Nuss, nicknamed Gnus, continues to tyrannize his students—a vengeful despot, a true embodiment of a power-hungry person. Who is he? A real person or a symbol of a time that stubbornly refuses to yield to the winds of the future?