The collection of feuilletons consists of two parts. Each feuilleton is presented by a different narrator, a member of a group of like-minded Bulgarians telling of Bay Ganyo's adventures; this group of narrators is itself a direct opposition to Bay Ganyo: they are educated, courteous and civilized people with
European manners and clothing.
Bay Ganyo goes around Europe The first part tells of the retail
rose oil merchant Bay Ganyo's travels around Europe, seeking to sell his produce. The
prototype of the character was a real person whom Konstantinov met during his journey to the
United States described in
To Chicago and Back. Bay Ganyo is compared to the residents of the countries he visits (
Austria-Hungary,
German Empire,
Russia,
Switzerland, etc.) to contrast him in a funny but unsympathetic way. Bay Ganyo is simple-minded, swindling, speculating and manipulating, yet tenacious, struggling and breaking-through. •
Beginning •
Bay Ganyo travels (through
Budapest to
Vienna) •
Bay Ganyo at the opera (in Vienna) •
Bay Ganyo at the public baths •
Bay Ganyo in Dresden •
Bay Ganyo at the Prague Exhibition (through
Serbia to
Prague) •
Bay Ganyo stays with Jireček •
Bay Ganyo on a visit (in Prague) •
Bay Ganyo in Switzerland •
Bay Ganyo in Russia Political feuilletons The second part consists of several independent feuilletons and deals with the new major middle-class and Bulgaria's political life. Bay Ganyo is not a petty rose oil dealer anymore, but a big-time politician who writes a petition to the
Prince, runs for
National Assembly of Bulgaria member, issues a political newspaper. Instead of working alone as in the first part, Bay Ganyo is the leader of a group of like-minded people propelled by mean acts. •
Bay Ganyo comes back from Europe •
Bay Ganyo organizes elections •
Bay Ganyo is a journalist •
Bay Ganyo at the palace •
Bay Ganyo in the deputation •
Bay Ganyo and the opposition — no way •
Association of Teetotalism •
Letter from Bay Ganyo to Konstantin Velichkov • ''Out of Bay Ganyo Balkanski's correspondence'' ==References==