# The Good Soldier Svejk

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- Book: [The Good Soldier Svejk](https://www.bookquiver.com/jaroslav-hasek/the-good-soldier-svejk) ([The Good Soldier Svejk.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jaroslav-hasek/the-good-soldier-svejk.md))
- Authors: [Jaroslav Hašek](https://www.bookquiver.com/jaroslav-hasek)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-991-4
- Pages: 784
- Published: 2005-04-28
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Hasek's most important work was centered around the deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army -- dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I (where he is captured by his own troops). A mischief-maker, bohemian and drunk, Hasek demonstrated his wit in this classic novel of the Czech character and preposterous nature of war.