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The Rook
the Rook
also: Грач
A personified rook, said to be 376 years old, who dismisses the narrator's compound-interest lecture on wasted longevity with a rude retort and flies off -- the narrator's foil in a brief satirical fable on progress and "wasted" time.
Reading notes
- From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) §39 Rook
A personified rook claiming 376 years of age, who serves as the narrator's foil in a brief fable mocking both animal fabulism and moralizing arithmetic about wasted time.