The twelve chairs

The novel "The Twelve Chairs" is a famous, brilliant novel from Russian satirical literature, by its authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, that needs no introduction. Published in 1928, the plot of the novel is based on the search for the diamond hidden in one of Madame Petikhova's Twelve Chairs. But the novel is not limited to being a novel of interesting adventures and pranks, but rather gives "a...