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Pohozhdeniya bravogo soldata Shveyka [The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War]

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Pohozhdeniya bravogo soldata Shveyka [The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War]

By: Jaroslav Hasek
Narrated by: Vladimir Samoylov
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Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards, getting drunk, and becoming a general nuisance, the resourceful Švejk uses all his natural cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the doctors, police, clergy, and officers who chivvy him towards battle. The story of a "little man" caught in a vast bureaucratic machine, The Good Soldier Švejk combines dazzling wordplay and piercing satire to create a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war.

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

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