Live for a Century - Learn for a Century

Live for a Century - Learn for a Century

Kozma Petrovich Prutkov — a literary mask under which Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy and the Zhemchuzhnikov brothers performed in the 1850s-1860s. They composed a biography and developed the character of a fictional author — supposedly a civil servant and at the... same time a romantic poet and writer, who mocked intellectual stagnation and political "political correctness". The image of Prutkov was crafted so carefully that many readers believed that such a writer actually existed. Kozma Prutkov is attributed with famous catchphrases, some of which are now considered proverbs — "Live for a century - learn for a century!", "If you want to be happy, be so", "What we have we do not cherish; having lost — we cry" and many others. His aphorisms, plays, and poems expose folly under the guise of common sense, and Prutkov's satire remains relevant to this day.

Author: Козьма Прутков

Printhouse: AST

Series: Exclusive: Russian Classics

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN: 9785171760618

Number of pages: 384

Size: 180x120x29 mm

Cover type: мягкая

Weight: 230 g

ID: 1717033

Kozma Petrovich Prutkov — a literary mask under which Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy and the Zhemchuzhnikov brothers performed in the 1850s-1860s. They composed a biography and developed the character of a fictional author — supposedly a civil servant and at the same time a romantic poet and writer, who mocked intellectual stagnation and political "political correctness". The image of Prutkov was crafted so carefully that many readers believed that such a writer actually existed. Kozma Prutkov is attributed with famous catchphrases, some of which are now considered proverbs — "Live for a century - learn for a century!", "If you want to be happy, be so", "What we have we do not cherish; having lost — we cry" and many others. His aphorisms, plays, and poems expose folly under the guise of common sense, and Prutkov's satire remains relevant to this day.

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