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Tsvety i zmei
Flowers and Serpents
also: Цветы и змеи, Flowers and Serpents
A real 1880 verse collection by the poet Liodor Palmin, whose title Chekhov splices into the byline of a mock death notice in "Mixed-Up Announcements."
Reading notes
- Mixed-Up Announcements §3 Flowers and Serpents
"Tsvety i zmei" (1880), an actual verse collection by the poet Liodor Palmin -- here absurdly recast as the bereaved family placing its own death notice.