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Fable framing (skazka)
fable framing
also: сказка
Chekhov's ironic label for this mock-parable, whose fairy-tale opening formula sets up a very unfairy-tale ending.
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- To Speak or to Be Silent? §1 A fable
Russian 'сказка' (fairy tale/fable) -- Chekhov's ironic label for this mock-parable, whose fairy-tale opening formula sets up a very unfairy-tale ending (the talkative friend vanishes into police custody).
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