SOURCE: Parrott, Cecil. “Hašek as a Journalist and Short Story Writer.” In Jaroslav Hašek: A Study of Švejk and the Short Stories, pp. 57-93. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

In the following essay, Parrott provides an overview of Hašek's short story career.

I was originally editor of Animal World … From Animal World I slipped down easily into Czech Word. My friends said that I didn't change my political views at all. I simply exchanged bulldogs for the National Social Party. The only difference was that, whereas I used to feed bulldogs, now it was the Party which fed me.

(“How I Left the National Social Party”)

In addition to The Good Soldier Švejk Hašek wrote some verses, a few short dramatic sketches or revues, a number of political articles and some 1200 short stories and feuilletons.

Few of his verses have come down to us. They...