The last of the effects of the coffin-maker, Adrian Prokhoroff, were placed upon the hearse, and a couple ... Read more
Russian Short Stories
Total Stories: 335
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
We lived at that time in the Government of Riazan, some 120 versts from the nearest railway station ... Read more
It was between six and seven o’clock on a fine September morning when the eighteen-months-old pointer, Jack, a ... Read more
Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! the apocalypse The gentleman from San Francisconeither at Naples ... Read more
PART I FRAGMENT I . . . Horror and madness. I felt it for the first time as ... Read more