Best Russian Short Stories
CONTENTS
THE QUEEN OF SPADES A.S. Pushkin
THE CLOAK N.V. Gogol
THE DISTRICT DOCTOR I.S. Turgenev
THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING F.M. Dostoyevsky
GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS L.N. Tolstoy
HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS M.Y. Saltykov
THE SHADES, A PHANTASY V.G. Korolenko
THE SIGNAL V.N. Garshin
THE DARLING A.P. Chekhov
THE BET A.P. Chekhov
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BEST RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES
Compiled and Edited by Thomas Seltzer
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BEST RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
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IV
V
VI
THE CLOAK
THE DISTRICT DOCTOR
THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING
GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS
HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS
BANQUET GIVEN BY THE MAYOR
THE SHADES, A PHANTASY
II
III
IV
V
THE SIGNAL
THE DARLING
THE BET
II
VANKA
HIDE AND SEEK
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
DETHRONED
THE SERVANT
II
III
IV
ONE AUTUMN NIGHT
HER LOVER
LAZARUS
II
III
IV
V
VI
THE REVOLUTIONIST
II
III
IV
THE OUTRAGE—A TRUE STORY