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Title
Diamonds To Sit On
Author
Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrof
Translator
Elizabeth Hill and Doris Mudie
Year
1930
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Location
New York and London
Source
pdf
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Transclusion
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CONTENTS
PART I
THE LION OF STARGOROD
chapter
page
I.
BEZENCHUK AND 'THE NYMPHS'
1
II.
THE DEATH OF MADAM PETUKHOV
9
III.
THE MIRROR OF SIN
16
IV.
THE MUSE OF DISTANT JOURNEYS
22
V.
THE GREAT SCHEMER
25
VI.
DIAMOND DREAMS
33
VII.
TRACES OF THE 'TITANIC'
38
VIII.
A NERVOUS THIEF
42
IX.
WHERE ARE YOUR LOCKS
51
X.
A LOCKSMITH, A PARROT, AND A FORTUNE-TELLER
57
XI.
THE ALPHABET OF 'THE MIRROR OF LIFE'
65
XII.
A PASSIONATE WOMAN—A POET'S DREAM
77
XIII.
MAY DAY
89
XIV.
THE SECRET UNION OF THE SWORD AND PLOUGH
90
PART II
IN MOSCOW
chapter
page
XV.
THE CHAIRS AND A HOSTEL
101
XVI.
QUARREL
107
XVII.
THE MUSEUM OF FURNITURE
110
XVIII.
WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?
118
XIX.
FROM PILLAR TO POST
123
XX.
THE AUCTION
133
XXI.
LITTLE ELLA
142
XXII.
ABSALOM VLADIMIROVICH IZNURENKOV
148
XXIII.
THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB
156
XXIV.
A CONVERSATION WITH A NAKED ENGINEER
164
XXV.
TWO VISITS
170
XXVI.
STARGOROD
175
XXVII.
HUSBAND AND WIFE
181
XXVIII.
POET
187
XXIX.
THE COLUMBUS THEATRE
191
PART III
MADAM PETUKHOV'S TREASURE
chapter
page
XXX.
A MAGIC NIGHT ON THE VOLGA
201
XXXI.
A SHADY PAIR
207
XXXII.
A LETTER
213
XXXIII.
EXPULSION FROM PARADISE
215
XXXIV.
THE INTERPLANETARY CHESS CONGRESS
219
XXXV.
ETCETERA
231
XXXVI.
THE VIEW ON TO THE MALACHITE POOL
236
XXXVII.
THE ENGINEER BRUNS
245
XXXVIII.
UNDER THE CLOUDS
253
XXXIX.
AN EARTHQUAKE
260
XL.
THE TREASURE
272