The Essential Russian Plays & Short Stories

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Максим Горький. The Essential Russian Plays & Short Stories

The Essential Russian Plays & Short Stories

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Table of Contents

Plays:

INTRODUCTION

THE WEDDING [trans. by C. E. Bechhofer Roberts]

Characters

THE JUBILEE [trans. by C. E. Bechhofer Roberts ]

Characters

A MERRY DEATH

THE BEAUTIFUL DESPOT

THE CHOICE OF A TUTOR

Scene I

Scene II

Scene III

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL: A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS

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

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

Short Stories:

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

BY M.Y. SALTYKOV [N.Shchedrin]

BANQUET GIVEN BY THE MAYOR

THE SHADES, A PHANTASY

BY VLADIMIR G. KORLENKO. I

II

III

IV

V

THE SIGNAL

BY VSEVOLOD M. GARSHIN

THE DARLING

BY ANTON P. CHEKOV

THE BET

BY ANTON P. CHEKHOV. I

II

VANKA

BY ANTON P. CHEKHOV

HIDE AND SEEK

BY FIODOR SOLOGUB

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

DETHRONED

BY I.N. POTAPENKO

THE SERVANT

BY S.T. SEMYONOV. I

II

III

IV

ONE AUTUMN NIGHT

BY MAXIM GORKY

HER LOVER

BY MAXIM GORKY

LAZARUS

BY LEONID ANDREYEV. I

II

III

IV

V

VI

THE REVOLUTIONIST

BY MICHAÏL P. ARTZYBASHEV. I

II

III

IV

THE OUTRAGE

BY ALEKSANDR I. KUPRIN

AN HONEST THIEF

A NOVEL IN NINE LETTERS

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

AN UNPLEASANT PREDICAMENT

ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE

OR. THE HUSBAND UNDER THE BED. AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE. I

II

THE HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS TREE

THE PEASANT MAREY

THE CROCODILE

AN EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT

I

II

III

IV

BOBOK

FROM SOMEBODY'S DIARY

THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN

I

II

III

IV

V

MUMU

BY. IVAN TURGENEV

THE SHOT

BY. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

ST. JOHN'S EVE

BY. NIKOLAI VASILIEVITCH GOGOL

(RELATED BY THE SACRISTAN OF THE DIKANKA CHURCH)

ST. JOHN'S EVE

AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE

BY. COUNT LYOF N. TOLSTOY

THE MANTLE

THE NOSE

I

II

III

IV

MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN

A MAY NIGHT

I

II. THE VILLAGE HEADMAN

III. AN UNEXPECTED RIVAL—THE CONSPIRACY

IV. WILD PRANKS

V. THE DROWNED GIRL

VI. THE AWAKENING

THE VIY

I

II

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK

A STUDY. I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XV

XVI

XVIII

THE INN

LIEUTENANT YERGUNOV'S STORY

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

THE WATCH

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

Essays:

On Russian Novelists by 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 by Ivan Panin

INTRODUCTORY

PUSHKIN

GOGOL

TURGENEF

TOLSTOY THE ARTIST

TOLSTOY THE PREACHER

Отрывок из книги

Nicholas Evrèinov, Denis Von Visin, Anton Chekhov, A.S. Pushkin, N.V. Gogol, I.S. Turgenev, F.M. Dostoyevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, M.Y. Saltykov, V.G. Korolenko, V.N. Garshin, F.K. Sologub, I.N. Potapenko, S.T. Semyonov, Maxim Gorky, L.N. Andreyev, M.P. Artzybashev, A.I. Kuprin

INTRODUCTION

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Columbine (to Harlequin): Once more! Once more! (To Pierrot.) Oh! you unfeeling log!

Pierrot: Please do what you like. (To Audience.) My conscience is clean; I have vindicated my honour and have nothing to worry about.

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