Pocket Book for Elderly Men and Women, Brides and Grooms, Young and Old Girls Coming to Moscow for Winter

«Pocket Book for Elderly Men and Women, Brides and Grooms, Young and Old Girls Coming to Moscow for Winter, Dandies, Flirts, Matchmakers, Gamblers, etc., or Figurative Instructions and Advice for Them, Written by the Author of the "Satirical Messenger". In three parts.» — a reissue in modern orthography of a unique book published in 1791 (only a few copies of the original survive in the world). The book, created by the talented Russian writer-satirist, journalist, translator, and ethnographer Nikolai Ivanovich Strakhov, is a unique historical document that describes the life and morals of Moscow during the time of Catherine II.
If you think that the capital’s fashion for barber shops, limousines, and eye-catching expensive purchases is a distinctive feature of our time, you are deeply mistaken. You will be surprised at how many amusing coincidences there are with today's realities, how much similarity there is with the high-society community of Moscow in the XXI century. Despite the passage of more than two and a quarter centuries, the author’s sarcasm is completely modern, the advice is relevant, and the characters are realistic.
For a greater completeness of perception, we illustrated the book with reproductions of 18th-century engravings, mostly caricatures, depicting the very dandy types and fashionistas, dandies and flirts.