Best Russian Short Stories

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Коллектив авторов. Best Russian Short Stories

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THE QUEEN OF SPADES. BY ALEXSANDR S. PUSHKIN

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THE CLOAK. BY NIKOLAY V. GOGOL

THE DISTRICT DOCTOR. BY IVAN S. TURGENEV

THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING. BY FIODOR M. DOSTOYEVSKY

GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS. BY LEO N. TOLSTOY

HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS. BY M.Y. SALTYKOV [N.Shchedrin]

BANQUET GIVEN BY THE MAYOR

THE SHADES, A PHANTASY. BY VLADIMIR G. KORLENKO

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THE SIGNAL. BY VSEVOLOD M. GARSHIN

THE DARLING. BY ANTON P. CHEKOV

THE BET. BY ANTON P. CHEKHOV

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VANKA. BY ANTON P. CHEKHOV

HIDE AND SEEK. BY FIODOR SOLOGUB

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DETHRONED. BY I.N. POTAPENKO

THE SERVANT. BY S.T. SEMYONOV

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ONE AUTUMN NIGHT. BY MAXIM GORKY

HER LOVER. BY MAXIM GORKY

LAZARUS. BY LEONID ANDREYEV

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THE REVOLUTIONIST. BY MICHAÏL P. ARTZYBASHEV

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THE OUTRAGE – A TRUE STORY. BY ALEKSANDR I. KUPRIN

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There was a card party at the rooms of Narumov of the Horse Guards. The long winter night passed away imperceptibly, and it was five o'clock in the morning before the company sat down to supper. Those who had won, ate with a good appetite; the others sat staring absently at their empty plates. When the champagne appeared, however, the conversation became more animated, and all took a part in it.

"And how did you fare, Surin?" asked the host.

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"This evening there is going to be a ball at the Embassy. The Countess will be there. We shall remain until two o'clock. You have now an opportunity of seeing me alone. As soon as the Countess is gone, the servants will very probably go out, and there will be nobody left but the Swiss, but he usually goes to sleep in his lodge. Come about half-past eleven. Walk straight upstairs. If you meet anybody in the ante-room, ask if the Countess is at home. You will be told 'No,' in which case there will be nothing left for you to do but to go away again. But it is most probable that you will meet nobody. The maidservants will all be together in one room. On leaving the ante-room, turn to the left, and walk straight on until you reach the Countess's bedroom. In the bedroom, behind a screen, you will find two doors: the one on the right leads to a cabinet, which the Countess never enters; the one on the left leads to a corridor, at the end of which is a little winding staircase; this leads to my room."

Hermann trembled like a tiger, as he waited for the appointed time to arrive. At ten o'clock in the evening he was already in front of the Countess's house. The weather was terrible; the wind blew with great violence; the sleety snow fell in large flakes; the lamps emitted a feeble light, the streets were deserted; from time to time a sledge, drawn by a sorry-looking hack, passed by, on the look-out for a belated passenger. Hermann was enveloped in a thick overcoat, and felt neither wind nor snow.

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