The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs (Russian: «Двенадцать стульев», romanized: Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a Russian classic satirical picaresque novel by the Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, published in 1928. Its plot follows characters searching for jewelry hidden in a chair. The novel has been adapted to other media, primarily film. The main character, Ostap Bender, reappears in the 1931 book's sequel The Little Golden Calf, despite his apparent death in The Twelve Chairs.