Modern Idyll

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| name = Modern Idyll

| title_orig = Современная идиллия

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| image = Modern Idyll.jpg

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| author = Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

| country = Russian Empire

| language = Russian

| genre = Political satire, picaresque novel, menippean satire{{Cite journal|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/m-e-saltykov-schedrin-i-antichnaya-literatura|title = М. Е. Салтыков-щедрин и античная литература|journal = Культура И Текст|year = 2015|volume = 4|issue = 22|pages = 14–24}}

| publisher = Otechestvennye Zapiski

|release_date = 1883

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Modern Idyll ({{langx|ru|Современная идиллия|translit=Sovremennaya idilliya}}, also mentioned as Contemporary Idyll) is a satirical novel (viewed alternatively as a thematically linked short story collection) by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, started in 1877 and originally serialized by Otechestvennye Zapiski magazine. It came out as a separate edition in 1883 to great public and critical acclaim.{{cite web | author = Zhuk, A.A.| date = 1973| url = http://az.lib.ru/s/saltykow_m_e/text_0060.shtml|title = Commentaries to the Modern Idyll| publisher = Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. The Works by M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin in 20 volumes. Vol. XV, book 1.| accessdate = 2014-01-13}}