We lived at that time in the Government of Riazan, some 120 versts from the nearest railway station ... Read more
Russian Short Stories
Total Stories: 335
It was between six and seven o’clock on a fine September morning when the eighteen-months-old pointer, Jack, a ... Read more
I The landladys room in the Serbia. Yellow wallpaper; two windows with dirty muslin curtains; between them an ... Read more
On his way from Petersburg to the Crimea Colonel Voznitsin purposely broke his journey at Moscow, where his ... Read more
Yes, gentlemen, I killed him! In vain do you try to obtain for me a medical certificate of ... Read more
You’re always saying “accident, accident….” That’s just the point. What I want to say is that on every ... Read more
There was a fire that Spring at Semyon Novikov’s, who lived with his thin-armed brother, Nikon, at Ovsiany ... Read more
I “HAMLET” was being played. All tickets had been sold out before the morning of the performance. The ... Read more
The company of soldiers commanded by Captain Markof had come to take part in a punitive expedition. Tired, ... Read more
Nikolai Yevgrafovitch Almazof hardly waited for his wife to open the door to him; he went straight to ... Read more
I One evening, at the house of a well-known literary man, after supper, there arose among the company ... Read more
I By narrow mountain paths, from one villa to another, a small wandering troupe made their way along ... Read more