Men were placed at the water-pumps, the oxygen containers, air-purifiers and vdistilling machinery, and the vhatchways were thoroughly ... Read more
Russian Short Stories
Total Stories: 335
In the darkest and humblest corner of Ustinya Fyodorovna’s flat lived Semyon Ivanovitch Prohartchin, a well-meaning elderly man, ... Read more
I began to scrutinize the man closely. Even in his exterior there was something so peculiar that it ... Read more
Heavy clouds drift slowly across the sleepy river and hang every moment lower and thicker. In the distance ... Read more
It was five o’clock on a July afternoon. The heat was terrible. The whole of the huge stone-built ... Read more
I Gerasim returned to Moscow just at a time when it was hardest to find work, a short ... Read more
CHAPTER I. Charsky was one of the native-born inhabitants of St. Petersburg. He was not yet thirty years ... Read more
Towards the end of the year 1811, a memorable period for us, the good Gavril Gavrilovitch R was ... Read more
Kirdjali was by birth a Bulgarian. Kirdjali, in the Turkish language, signifies a knight-errant, a bold fellow. His ... Read more
The last of the effects of the coffin-maker, Adrian Prokhoroff, were placed upon the hearse, and a couple ... Read more
I The little girl was unwell. Every day the doctor came to see her, Dr. Michael Petrovitch, whom ... Read more
We were seated in a little park, driven there by the unbearable heat of the noonday sun. It ... Read more
