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The Good Soldier Švejk
- Form
- Form Satire
- Year
- Year 1921
- Originally in
- Originally in Czech
- Pages
- Pages 750
A cheerfully dim Czech soldier is called up for the Austro-Hungarian army and obeys every order so literally that he turns the war machine into a shambles. Passed off as fool or saboteur, he wanders toward a front he never reaches.
“So they’ve killed Ferdinand,” said the charwoman to Mr. Schweik
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