Table of Contents
BEST RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
BY ALEXSANDR S. PUSHKIN
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
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
BANQUET GIVEN BY THE MAYOR
THE SHADES, A PHANTASY BY VLADIMIR G. KORLENKO
THE SIGNAL
BY VSEVOLOD M. GARSHIN.
THE DARLING
BY ANTON P. CHEKOV
THE BET BY ANTON P. CHEKHOV
VANKA
BY ANTON P. CHEKHOV
HIDE AND SEEK
BY FIODOR SOLOGUB
VII
VIII
DETHRONED
BY I.N. POTAPENKO
THE SERVANT
BY S.T. SEMYONOV
ONE AUTUMN NIGHT
BY MAXIM GORKY
HER LOVER
LAZARUS
BY LEONID ANDREYEV
THE REVOLUTIONIST
BY MICHAÏL P. ARTZYBASHEV
THE OUTRAGE—A TRUE STORY
BY ALEKSANDR I. KUPRIN