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Rodnoye Slovo
"Native Word"
also: Родное слово, Native Word
Konstantin Ushinsky's widely used elementary Russian reader (first published 1864), a staple of primary schooling; the first item any actual customer requests in Sidorov's bookshop is the second part of this ordinary schoolbook, not one of the serious authors he has stocked, marking the story's first small step of his stock toward the practical and pedestrian.
Reading notes
- The Story of a Commercial Venture §10 "Native Word"
Konstantin Ushinsky's widely used elementary reader "Rodnoye Slovo" ("Native Word," first published 1864), a staple of Russian primary schooling; the first item any actual customer asks for is not one of Sidorov's serious authors but the second part of this ordinary schoolbook -- the story's first nudge of his stock toward the practical and the pedestrian.