images of merchants

[Lila W. Zaharkov]

At 11:19 PM 09/15/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, Alexandr Ostrovsky's plays such as "Groza", "Volki i ovtsy",
>"Bespridannitsa" (the last one was made into a popular melodrama "Zhestokii
>romans" by El'dar Riazanov) are full of memorable images of merchants and of
>"delovye liudi" in general.
>
>But how far does your definition of a capitalist go? or of a person involved
>in business affairs? Legal or illegal business? I am not sure Ostap Bender
>qualifies here, but he's certainly a character undergraduate students would
>find interesting.
>
>Best wishes,
>  Check outShmelov's "The Visit" in the Ardis collection of Recent Russian
> Literature.
      Turgenev's "Khor and Kalinich for a contrast of lifestyles and values.


>Elena
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> >Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from Russian
> >literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists, merchants, or
> >people engaged in business affairs?
> >There are some obvious examples, like Tolstoy's Master and Man, or Chekhov's
> >The Cherry Orchard, and others. I am especially interested in works that
> >undergraduate students would enjoy.
> >
> >Thanks
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