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The Dream of Councillor Popov
The Dream of Councillor Popov (Сон статс-советника Попова; also – Сон Попова) is a satire in verse by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, first published in 1878 in Berlin, and regarded as one of the best satirical poems in Russian literature, mixing "sharp, poignant satire… and pure delight in cheerful absurdity". According to critic D.S.Mirsky, "it is "The Dream…" that can be seen as Aleksey Tolstoy's most solid claim for immortality".
History.
as a brochure, in 1878 in Berlin, under the title "The Dream of State Councillor Popov". In Russia the poem came out in 1882, #12 issue of "Russkaya starina" magazine (pp.107-712), dated (wrongly) 1874. It was greatly praised by many prominent authors of the time, including Ivan Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy. "Its irresistible. I just can’t help reading you this… and Lev Nikolayevich was beginning to recite "Popov’s Dream", causing occasional outbursts of