Best Russian Short Stories
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| Best Russian Short Stories by |
| Published in 1917. OCLC 7482536all editions; digitised by PG. |
[Illustration: ANTON P. CHEKHOV, RUSSIA'S GREATEST SHORT-STORY WRITER]
| Introduction | vii | |
| The Queen of Spades | A.S. Pushkin | 1 |
| The Cloak | N.V. Gogol | 29 |
| The District Doctor | I.S. Turgenev | 61 |
| The Christmas Tree and the Wedding | F.M. Dostoyevsky | 71 |
| God Sees the Truth, But Waits | L.N. Tolstoy | 79 |
| How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials | M.Y. Saltykov | 88 |
| The Shades, A Phantasy | V.G. Korolenko | 97 |
| The Signal | V.M. Garshin | 124 |
| The Darling | A.P. Chekhov | 134 |
| The Bet | A.P. Chekhov | 147 |
| Vanka | A.P. Chekhov | 155 |
| Hide and Seek | F.K. Sologub | 160 |
| Dethroned | I.N. Potapenko | 172 |
| The Servant | S.T. Semyonov | 192 |
| One Autumn Night | M. Gorky | 199 |
| Her Lover | M. Gorky | 209 |
| Lazarus | L.N. Andreyev | 215 |
| The Revolutionist | M.P. Artzybashev | 235 |
| The Outrage | A.I. Kuprin | 245 |
| The Seven That Were Hanged | L. N. Andreyev | 1 |
| The Red Laugh | L. N. Andreyev | 103 |
| The Gentleman from San Fransisco | L. N. Andreyev | 197 |
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