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Lifetime: 1795 - 1829 Passed: ≈ 195 years ago

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Writer

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Alexander Sergeyevich Griboedov

Books by Alexander Sergeyevich Griboedov

Woe from Wit [Горе от ума]

Comedy Drama

Satire Verse Moscow Post-Napoleonic Era

Woe from Wit is a comedy in verse by Alexander Griboyedov, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow. Written in 1823, the play was not passed by the censorship for the stage and only portions of it were allowed to appear in an almanac for 182...