This work's main character is first seen attempting to sell an astrolabe, and for assistance in recovering the title things demands 50 percent of their worth.
The plot of this work is set in motion by the death of Klavdia Ivanovna, who reveals the secret of the title things to her son-in-law. This work's main character is first seen attempting to sell an astrolabe, and for assistance in recovering the title things demands 50 percent of their worth. This novel features such characters as Elochka the Cannibal, who has a vocabulary of only 30 words, as well as Lapis, who writes about the exploits of Gavrila. One event in this novel involves an interplanetary chess tournament in the town of Vasyuki, and in the end, upon stabbing the main character, Ippolit Matveyevich tears up the titular objects, only to find out that the diamonds he thought were inside have been used to build a new public building. Sharing its title with a 1970 Mel Brooks movie based on it, FTP, name this 1928 novel by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, in which Ostap Bender helps Kisa Vorabyaninov search for the titular dozen pieces of furniture.
The plot of this work is set in motion by the death of Klavdia Ivanovna, who reveals the secret of the title things to her son-in-law.
The Twelve Chairs or Dvendadtsat Stulyev