{"product_id":"the-twelve-chairs-ilya-ilf-9781837461318","title":"The Twelve Chairs: Famous Soviet Satire","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn edition from the \"Kaleidoscope Lite\" series. Printed in 12pt type with wide line spacing for maximum readability. Unabridged. Modern translation. The publication is supplemented with an annotation that examines ten interesting facts about Ilf and Petrov.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former wealthy man, a socialite, and a marshal of the nobility, Ippolit Vorobyaninov became an ordinary registry office clerk in a small town after the revolution. He has not yet forgotten his old habits and often dreams of his former life. One day, the steady pace of his life is disrupted - his dying mother-in-law told Vorobyaninov about a vast fortune hidden by her during the revolution in one of the chairs of a drawing-room suite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe immediately rushes off to search, together with the 'grand schemer' he met, a conman and lover of banknotes named Ostap Bender. The treasure will not be easy to find, but gripped by a passion for wealth, Bender and Vorobyaninov will stop at nothing...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilya Ilf,Evgeniy Petrov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837461317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837461318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Publishing House No.10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.32d","brand":"Ilya Ilf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852960837887,"sku":"9781837461318","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-twelve-chairs-ilya-ilf-9781837461318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}