Forty Forties

"Forty Forties" is a story by the famous Russian writer, playwright and theater figure Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891–1940). A poor Muscovite feels like a stranger in his hometown. The bourgeoisie look at him disdainfully as a proletarian, but the proletariat does not recognize him as one of their own. He sadly observes the new Bolshevik order, but still continues to love Moscow with its chur...