Short Stories

Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 [Contributor]; Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852 [Contributor]; Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 [Contributor]; Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 [Contributor]· 2 chapters· 22,443 words

We were stationed in the little town of N--. The life of an officer in the army is well known. In the morning, drill and the riding-school; dinner with the Colonel or at a Jewish restaurant; in the evening, punch and cards. In N--- there was not one open house, not a single ma...

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Several years passed, and family circumstances compelled me to settle in the poor little village of M---. Occupied with agricultural pursuits, I ceased not to sigh in secret for...

1. Chapter 1

We were stationed in the little town of N--. The life of an officer in the army is well known. In the morning, drill and the riding-school; dinner with the Colonel or at a Jewis...