Category: Short Stories
I. A SLAV SOUL II. THE SONG AND THE DANCE III. EASTER DAY IV. THE IDIOT V. THE PICTURE VI. HAMLET VII. MECHANICAL JUSTICE VIII. THE LAST WORD IX. THE WHITE POODLE X. THE ELEPHANT XI. DOGS' HAPPINESS XII. A CLUMP OF LILACS XIII. ANATHEMA XIV. TEMPTING PROVIDENCE XV. CAIN
I. A SLAV SOUL II. THE SONG AND THE DANCE III. EASTER DAY IV. THE IDIOT V. THE PICTURE VI. HAMLET VII. MECHANICAL JUSTICE VIII. THE LAST WORD IX. THE WHITE POODLE X. THE ELEPHAN...
2. Part 2"Take me off," said Yasha in amazement. "Well, let him. All the town knows that I've served you faithfully for twenty years, and then I'm sent off by the police. Let them take m...
3. Part 3When the barge had gone off and the steamer began to move again, Voznitsin went down into the dining saloon. A strange sight met his gaze. The tables were placed flat against th...
4. Part 4"I opened the door and stood there, hardly seeing anything at first. A stout woman was standing with her back to me, near the single small window of dull green glass. She was be...
5. Part 5The prince lived in this way on his estate at Pneestcheva for more than two years. Then the Tsar sent out his manifesto granting freedom to the serfs, and there commenced a time...
6. Part 6The crowds of people had all arrived. The living stream could be heard pouring into the theatre and flowing into the boxes stalls and galleries with the noise and the same kind...
7. Part 7It was strange. For the first time in his life Kostromsky's hard heart suddenly overflowed with a deep pity for this unprotected girl, whom he had so unjustifiably insulted. He...
8. Part 8He followed me always and everywhere. He took a thousand human shapes, and did not shrink--shameless creature--to dress in women's clothes upon occasion. He took the guise of my...
9. Part 9At last the lady came out on her balcony again, and flung into Sergey's held-out hat a small silver coin. And then she went in again. The coin turned out to be an old worn-out t...
10. Part 10He went into the water two or three times himself, and lapped the waves with his tongue. But he didn't like the salt water, and was afraid of the little waves rolling over the p...
11. Part 11He heard the gravel crunch under him, and felt a sharp pain in his knees. He lay crouching on all fours for some moments, stunned by the fall. He felt that in a minute out would...
12. Part 12The elephant looked much larger than Nadya had thought when she saw it in a picture. He was only just a little lower than the top of the door, and half as long as the dining-roo...
13. Part 13Nikolai Yevgrafovitch Almazof hardly waited for his wife to open the door to him; he went straight to his study without taking off his hat or coat. His wife knew in a moment by...
14. Part 14"Once as I sat beside a stream I saw a little cradle come floating bottom upwards towards me. It was quite whole, only the edges a little broken. And I thought--whose cradle is...
15. Part 15It became dreadful to watch him after we had passed the station of Luban. He looked to me paler and thinner, and, in a way, older. He even stopped talking. He pretended to read...