Nov 22, 2008

The Bedbug | The Bedbug

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Author: Vladimir Mayakovsky
First Published: 1929
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Satire
Time of Work: 1929
Setting: Tambov, Soviet Union
Genres: Satire, Drama
Subjects: 1970’s, Class conflict, Communism or communists, Middle classes, Future, 1920’s, Individuality, Corruption, Soviet Union or Soviets, Relics or sacred objects
Locales: Tambov, Soviet Union

Characters Discussed

Ivan Prisypkin (prih-SIHP- kihn), alias Pierre Skripkin, a former worker and Communist Party member. A man with philistine values and tastes, intent on improving his social status, Prisypkin pretentiously adopts the French name Pierre and abandons his working-class girlfriend, Zoya, to marry Elzevira, a member of the petit bourgeoisie. Amid the drunken revelry of his wedding celebration, the house burns down. All the bodies of the wedding party are recovered except Prisypkin’s. Fifty years later, when Prisypkin’s frozen body is discovered in an...

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The Bedbug | The Bedbug

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