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Russian Classics Ultimate Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends
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Table of Contents
Introduction:
The Rise of the Russian Empire (H. H. Munro aka Saki)
PREFACE
WORKS CONSULTED
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF RUSSIAN HISTORY
CHAPTER II. THE COMING OF THE VARANGIANS AND THE BUILDING OF KIEVIAN RUSSIA
CHAPTER III. THE FEUDS OF THE HOUSE OF RURIK
CHAPTER IV. THE COMING OF THE MONGOLS
CHAPTER V “THE YEARS THAT THE LOCUST HATH EATEN”
CHAPTER VI. THE GROWING OF THE GERM
CHAPTER VII. THE LAST OF THE PALEOLOGI AND THE FIRST OF THE AUTOCRATS
CHAPTER VIII. IVAN GROZNIE
CHAPTER IX. THE GREAT BOYARIN
CHAPTER X. THE PHANTOM TZAR
CHAPTER XI “THIS SIDE THE HILL”
GLOSSARY OF RUSSIAN WORDS EMPLOYED WITHOUT EXPLANATION IN TEXT
Novels & Novellas:
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Author’s Preface to the First Portion of this Work
Part I. Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Part II. Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov)
FOREWORD
BOOK I BELA. THE HEART OF A RUSSIAN
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
BOOK II. MAKSIM MAKSIMYCH
FOREWORD TO BOOKS III, IV, AND V. CONCERNING PECHORIN’S DIARY
BOOK III THE FIRST EXTRACT FROM PECHORIN’S DIARY
TAMAN
BOOK IV THE SECOND EXTRACT FROM PECHORIN’S DIARY THE FATALIST
BOOK V THE THIRD EXTRACT FROM PECHORIN’S DIARY
CHAPTER I. 11th May
CHAPTER II. 13th May
CHAPTER III. 16th May
CHAPTER IV. 21st May
CHAPTER V. 29th May
CHAPTER VI. 30th May
CHAPTER VII. 6th June
CHAPTER VIII. 11th June
CHAPTER IX. 12th June
CHAPTER X. 13th June
CHAPTER XI. 14th June
CHAPTER XII. 15th June
CHAPTER XIII. 18th June
CHAPTER XIV. 22nd June
CHAPTER XV. 24th June
CHAPTER XVI. 25th June
CHAPTER XVII. 26th June
CHAPTER XVIII. 27th June
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
APPENDIX
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION (By the Author)
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
PART I
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PART II
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PART III
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PART IV
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Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
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XXVIII
Fyodor Dostoevsky:
Crime and Punishment
Translator’s Preface
Part I. Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Part II. Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Part III. Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Part IV. Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Part V. Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Part VI. Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Epilogue. I
II
The Idiot
PART ONE
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
PART TWO
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
PART THREE
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
PART FOUR
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CONCLUSION
The Brothers Karamazov
PART I. BOOK I. THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY
CHAPTER 1. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
CHAPTER 2. He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son
CHAPTER 3. The Second Marriage and the Second Family
CHAPTER 4. The Third Son, Alyosha
CHAPTER 5. Elders
BOOK II. AN UNFORTUNATE GATHERING
CHAPTER 1. They Arrive at the Monastery
CHAPTER 2. The Old Buffoon
CHAPTER 3. Peasant Women Who Have Faith
CHAPTER 4. A Lady of Little Faith
CHAPTER 5. So Be It! So Be It!
CHAPTER 6. Why Is Such a Man Alive?
CHAPTER 7. A Young Man Bent on a Career
CHAPTER 8. The Scandalous Scene
BOOK III. THE SENSUALISTS
CHAPTER 1. In the Servants’ Quarters
CHAPTER 2. Lizaveta
CHAPTER 3. The Confession of a Passionate Heart — in Verse
CHAPTER 4. The Confession of a Passionate Heart
CHAPTER 5. The Confession of a Passionate Heart
CHAPTER 6. Smerdyakov
CHAPTER 7. The Controversy
CHAPTER 8. Over the Brandy
CHAPTER 9. The Sensualists
CHAPTER 10. Both Together
CHAPTER 11. Another Reputation Ruined
PART II. BOOK IV. LACERATIONS
CHAPTER 1. Father Ferapont
CHAPTER 2. At His Father’s
CHAPTER 3. A Meeting with the Schoolboys
CHAPTER 4. At the Hohlakovs’
CHAPTER 5. A Laceration in the Drawing-Room
CHAPTER 6. A Laceration in the Cottage
CHAPTER 7. And in the Open Air
BOOK V. PRO AND CONTRA
CHAPTER 1. The Engagement
CHAPTER 2. Smerdyakov with a Guitar
CHAPTER 3. The Brothers Make Friends
CHAPTER 4. Rebellion
CHAPTER 5. The Grand Inquisitor
CHAPTER 6. For Awhile a Very Obscure One
CHAPTER 7 “It’s Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man”
BOOK VI. THE RUSSIAN MONK
CHAPTER 1. Father Zossima and His Visitors
CHAPTER 2. The Duel
CHAPTER 3. Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima
PART III. BOOK VII. ALYOSHA
CHAPTER 1. The Breath of Corruption
CHAPTER 2. A Critical Moment
CHAPTER 3. An Onion
CHAPTER 4. Cana of Galilee
BOOK VIII. MITYA
CHAPTER 1. Kuzma Samsonov
CHAPTER 2. Lyagavy
CHAPTER 3. Gold Mines
CHAPTER 4. In the Dark
CHAPTER 5. A Sudden Resolution
CHAPTER 6 “I Am Coming, Too!”
CHAPTER 7. The First and Rightful Lover
CHAPTER 8. Delirium
BOOK IX. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
CHAPTER 1. The Beginning of Perhotin’s Official Career
CHAPTER 2. The Alarm
CHAPTER 3. The Sufferings of a Soul. The First Ordeal
CHAPTER 4. The Second Ordeal
CHAPTER 5. The Third Ordeal
CHAPTER 6. The Prosecutor Catches Mitya
CHAPTER 7. Mitya’s Great Secret Received with Hisses
CHAPTER 8. The Evidences of the Witnesses. The Babe
CHAPTER 9. They Carry Mitya Away
PART IV. BOOK X. THE BOYS
CHAPTER 1. Kolya Krassotkin
CHAPTER 2. Children
CHAPTER 3. The Schoolboy
CHAPTER 4. The Lost Dog
CHAPTER 5. By Ilusha’s Bedside
CHAPTER 6. Precocity
CHAPTER 7. Ilusha
BOOK XI. IVAN
CHAPTER 1. At Grushenka’s
CHAPTER 2. The Injured Foot
CHAPTER 3. A Little Demon
CHAPTER 4. A Hymn and a Secret
CHAPTER 5. Not You, Not You!
CHAPTER 6. The First Interview with Smerdyakov
CHAPTER 7. The Second Visit to Smerdyakov
CHAPTER 8. The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov
CHAPTER 9. The Devil. Ivan’s Nightmare
CHAPTER 10 “It Was He Who Said That”
BOOK XII. A JUDICIAL ERROR
CHAPTER 1. The Fatal Day
CHAPTER 2. Dangerous Witnesses
CHAPTER 3. The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts
CHAPTER 4. Fortune Smiles on Mitya
CHAPTER 5. A Sudden Catastrophe
CHAPTER 6. The Prosecutor’s Speech. Sketches of Character
CHAPTER 7. An Historical Survey
CHAPTER 8. A Treatise on Smerdyakov
CHAPTER 9. The Galloping Troika. The End of the Prosecutor’s Speech
CHAPTER 10. The Speech for the Defence. An Argument that Cuts Both Ways
CHAPTER 11. There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
CHAPTER 12. And There Was No Murder Either
CHAPTER 13. A Corrupter of Thought
CHAPTER 14. The Peasants Stand Firm
EPILOGUE
CHAPTER 1. Plans for Mitya’s Escape
CHAPTER 2. For a Moment the Lie Becomes Truth
CHAPTER 3. Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech at the Stone
Leo Tolstoy:
War and Peace
BOOK ONE: 1805
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
BOOK TWO: 1805
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
BOOK THREE: 1805
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
BOOK FOUR: 1806
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
BOOK FIVE: 1806 - 07
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
BOOK SIX: 1808 - 10
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
BOOK SEVEN: 1810 - 11
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
BOOK EIGHT: 1811 - 12
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
BOOK NINE: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
BOOK TEN: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
BOOK ELEVEN: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
BOOK TWELVE: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
BOOK THIRTEEN: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
BOOK FOURTEEN: 1812
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
BOOK FIFTEEN: 1812 - 13
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
FIRST EPILOGUE: 1813 - 20
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
SECOND EPILOGUE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
Anna Karenina
PART 1. Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
PART 2. Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
PART 3. Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
PART 4. Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
PART 5. Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
PART 6. Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
PART 7. Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
PART 8. Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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The Kreutzer Sonata
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
LESSON OF "THE KREUTZER SONATA."
Anton Chekhov:
The Steppe: The Story of a Journey
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Ward No. 6
Translation By Constance Garnett. I
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XIX
Mother (Maxim Gorky)
PART I. CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
PART II. CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
Satan's Diary (Leonid Andreyev)
PREFACE
SATAN’S DIARY
Plays:
The Choice of a Tutor (Denis Fonvizin)
Scene I
Scene II
Scene III
The Inspector General; or, The Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol)
Translated by Thomas Seltzer from the Russian
INTRODUCTION
CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY
CHARACTERS AND COSTUMES
DIRECTIONS FOR ACTORS
ACT I
SCENE I
SCENE II
SCENE III
SCENE IV
SCENE V
SCENE VI
ACT II
SCENE I
SCENE II
SCENE III
SCENE IV
SCENE V
SCENE VI
SCENE VII
SCENE VIII
SCENE IX
SCENE X
ACT III
SCENE I
SCENE II
SCENE III
SCENE IV
SCENE V
SCENE VI
SCENE VII
SCENE VIII
SCENE IX
SCENE X
SCENE XI
ACT IV
SCENE I
SCENE II
SCENE III
SCENE IV
SCENE V
SCENE VI
SCENE VII
SCENE VIII
SCENE IX
SCENE X
SCENE XI
SCENE XII
SCENE XIII
SCENE XIV
SCENE XV
SCENE XVI
ACT V
SCENE I
SCENE II
SCENE III
SCENE IV
SCENE V
SCENE VI
SCENE VII
SCENE VIII
LAST SCENE
SILENT SCENE
Anton Chekhov:
On the High Road
DRAMATIC STUDY. CHARACTERS
Swan Song, A Play in one Act
CHARACTERS
Ivanoff
CHARACTERS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
The Anniversary; or, the Festivities
CHARACTERS
The Proposal
CHARACTERS
The Wedding
The Bear
CHARACTERS
The Seagull
CHARACTERS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
A Reluctant Hero; or, A Tragedian in Spite of Himself
CHARACTERS
Uncle Vanya
CHARACTERS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
The Three Sisters
CHARACTERS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
The Cherry Orchard
CHARACTERS
ACT ONE
ACT TWO
ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
Leo Tolstoy:
The Power of Darkness
CHARACTERS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
VARIATION
Scene 2
ACT V
Scene 1
Scene 2
The First Distiller
CHARACTERS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
ACT VI
Fruits of Culture
CHARACTERS
ACT I
Scene 1
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
The Live Corpse
CHARACTERS
ACT I
Scene 1
Scene 2
ACT II
Scene 1
Scene 2
ACT III
Scene 1
Scene 2
ACT IV
Scene 1
Scene 2
ACT V
Scene 1
Scene 2
ACT VI
Scene 1
Scene 2
The Cause of it All
CHARACTERS
ACT I
ACT II
The Light Shines in Darkness
CHARACTERS
ACT I
Scene 1
ACT II
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
ACT III
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
ACT IV
Scene 1
Scene 2
ACT V
Scene changes
Scene changes
Leonid Andreyev:
Savva
PERSONS
A FAT MONK. A GRAY MONK
THE FIRST ACT
THE SECOND ACT
THE THIRD ACT
THE FOURTH ACT
The Life of Man
PERSONS
SCENE I—The Birth of Man and the Mother's Travail. SCENE II—Love and Poverty. SCENE III—Wealth. Man's Ball. SCENE IV—Man's Misfortune. SCENE V—The Death of Man. PROLOGUE. SOMEONE IN GRAY CALLED HE, SPEAKING OF THE LIFE OF MAN
SOMEONE IN GRAY
THE FIRST SCENE
THE BIRTH OF MAN AND THE MOTHER'S TRAVAIL
OLD WOMEN'S CONVERSATIONS
DOCTOR
MAN'S FATHER
DOCTOR
FATHER
DOCTOR
FATHER
DOCTOR
FATHER
DOCTOR
ELDERLY LADY
ELDERLY MAN
THE REST
GIRL
ELDERLY LADY
ELDERLY MAN
FATHER
ELDERLY LADY
ELDERLY MAN
FATHER
FATHER
RELATIVES' CONVERSATION
THE SECOND SCENE
LOVE AND POVERTY
NEIGHBORS' CONVERSATION
MAN'S WIFE
SOMEONE IN GRAY
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE. I. MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
MAN
WIFE
THE THIRD SCENE
A BALL AT MAN'S HOUSE
THE GUESTS' CONVERSATION
GUESTS' CONVERSATION
THE FOURTH SCENE
MAN'S MISFORTUNE
OLD WOMAN
OLD WOMAN
DOCTOR
OLD WOMAN
DOCTOR
OLD WOMAN
DOCTOR
OLD WOMAN
DOCTOR
OLD WOMAN
DOCTOR
OLD WOMAN
DOCTOR
WIFE
DOCTOR
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
THE MOTHER'S PRAYER
THE FATHER'S PRAYER
WIFE
MAN
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
WIFE
MAN
SOMEONE IN GRAY
MAN
MAN
WIFE
MAN
WIFE
MAN
MAN'S CURSE
THE FIFTH SCENE
THE DEATH OF MAN
THE DRUNKARD'S CONVERSATION
CONVERSATION OF DRUNKARDS AND OLD WOMEN
OLD WOMEN'S CONVERSATION
MAN
SOMEONE IN GRAY
Nikolai Evreinov:
A Merry Death
The Beautiful Despot
Short Stories:
PREFACE
The Queen of Spades (Alexsandr S. Pushkin)
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IV
V
VI
The Cloak (Nikolay V. Gogol)
The District Doctor (Ivan S. Turgenev)
The Christmas Tree and the Wedding (Fiodor M. Dostoyevsky)
God Sees the Truth, but Waits (Leo N. Tolstoy)
How A Muzhik Fed Two Officials (M.Y. Saltykov)
BANQUET GIVEN BY THE MAYOR
The Shades, a Phantasy (Vladimir G. Korlenko)
I
II
III
IV
V
The Signal (Vsevolod M. Garshin)
The Darling (Anton P. Chekov)
The Bet (Anton P. Chekhov)
I
II
Vanka (Anton P. Chekhov)
Hide and Seek (Fiodor Sologub)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
Dethroned (I.N. Potapenko)
The Servant (S.T. Semyonov)
I
II
III
IV
One Autumn Night (Maxim Gorky)
Her Lover (Maxim Gorky)
Lazarus (Leonid Andreyev)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
The Revolutionist (Michaïl P. Artzybashev)
I
II
III
IV
The Outrage (Aleksandr I. Kuprin)
An Honest Thief (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
A Novel in Nine Letters (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
An Unpleasant Predicament (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Another Man's Wife. Or. The Husband under the Bed (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE
I
II
The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Peasant Marey (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Crocodile (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
AN EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT
I
II
III
IV
Bobok (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
FROM SOMEBODY'S DIARY
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
I
II
III
IV
V
Mumu (Ivan Turgenev)
The Shot (Alexander Pushkin)
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
St. John's Eve1 (Nikolai Vasilievitch Gogol)
(RELATED BY THE SACRISTAN OF THE DIKANKA CHURCH)
ST. JOHN'S EVE
An Old Acquaintance (Count Lyof N. Tolstoy)
The Nose (Nikolai Gogol)
I
II
III
IV
Memoirs of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
A May Night (Nikolai Gogol)
I
II. THE VILLAGE HEADMAN
III. AN UNEXPECTED RIVAL—THE CONSPIRACY
IV. WILD PRANKS
V. THE DROWNED GIRL
VI. THE AWAKENING
The Viy (Nikolai Gogol)
I
II
Knock, Knock, Knock (Ivan Turgenev)
A STUDY. I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XV
XVI
XVIII
The Inn (Ivan Turgenev)
Lieutenant Yergunov's Story (Ivan Turgenev)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XII
XIV
XV
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
The Dog (Ivan Turgenev)
The Watch (Ivan Turgenev)
AN OLD MAN'S STORY. I
II
III
IV
V
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
Russian Folk Tales & Legends:
PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY
The Fiend[18]
The Dead Mother[24]
The Dead Witch[26]
The Treasure[31]
The Cross-Surety[35]
The Awful Drunkard[43]
The Bad Wife[53]
The Golovikha[55]
The Three Copecks[56]
The Miser[58]
The Fool and the Birch-Tree[62]
The Mizgir[66]
The Smith and the Demon[69]
CHAPTER II. MYTHOLOGICAL. Principal Incarnations of Evil
Ivan Popyalof[74]
The Norka[85]
Marya Morevna[101]
Koshchei the Deathless[112]
The Water Snake[141]
The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise[143]
The Baba Yaga[161]
Vasilissa the Fair[182]
The Witch[206]
The Witch and the Sun’s Sister[216]
CHAPTER III. MYTHOLOGICAL. Miscellaneous Impersonifications
One-Eyed Likho[224]
Woe[233]
Friday[253]
Wednesday[255]
The Léshy[264]
Vazuza and Volga[268]
Sozh and Dnieper
The Metamorphosis of the Dnieper, the Volga, and the Dvina.[272]
Frost[277]
CHAPTER IV. MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT
The Blind Man and the Cripple[318]
Princess Helena the Fair[329]
Emilian the Fool[351]
The Witch Girl[358]
The Headless Princess[364]
The Soldier’s Midnight Watch[366]
The Warlock[375]
CHAPTER V. GHOST STORIES
The Fox-Physician[380]
The Fiddler in Hell[391]
The Ride on the Gravestone[401]
The Two Friends[402]
The Shroud[404]
The Coffin-Lid[408]
The Two Corpses[409]
The Dog and the Corpse[411]
The Soldier and the Vampire[412]
CHAPTER VI. LEGENDS. I. About Saints
Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas[444]
The Priest with the Greedy Eyes[454]
II. About Demons
The Hasty Word[470]
Essays:
On Russian Novelists (William Lyon Phelps)
RUSSIAN NATIONAL CHARACTER AS SHOWN IN RUSSIAN FICTION
GOGOL
TURGENEV
DOSTOEVSKI
TOLSTOI
GORKI
CHEKHOV
ARTSYBASHEV
ANDREEV
KUPRIN'S PICTURE OF GARRISON LIFE
Lectures on Russian Novelists (Ivan Panin)
INTRODUCTORY
PUSHKIN
GOGOL
TURGENEF
TOLSTOY THE ARTIST
TOLSTOY THE PREACHER
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Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol, Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev, Maxim Gorky, M.Y. Saltykov, V.G. Korolenko, V.N. Garshin, F.K. Sologub, I.N. Potapenko, S.T. Semyonov, Leonid Andreyev, M.P. Artzybashev, A.I. Kuprin, Nikolai Evreinov, Denis Fonvizin, Ivan Goncharov, Saki, H. H. Munro
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