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Veselyy Trakh-Tararakh (Merry Bang-and-Clatter)
Merry Bang-and-Clatter
also: Veselyy Trakh-Tararakh
A nonsense railway station name Chekhov invents for comic effect, paired at the story's close with the equally invented "Save Yourself Who Can!"
Reading notes
- In the Carriage §1 Merry Bang-and-Clatter
A nonsense station name Chekhov invents for comic effect, paired at the story's end with the equally invented "Save Yourself Who Can!" -- framing the whole tale as a journey between two jokes.