concept
at the back of beyond
back of beyond
also: у чёрта на куличках
A stock Russian comic idiom (literally 'at the devil's berry-patch') for an absurdly remote location, used here to place the fictitious notary's office.
Reading notes
- A Contract for the Year 1884, Concluded with Mankind §5 at the back of beyond
Renders the Russian idiom "у чёрта на куличках" (literally, 'at the devil's berry-patch'), a stock comic phrase for an absurdly remote location -- fitting for a fictitious notary's office.