CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONTHE QUEEN OF SPADES A.S. PushkinTHE CLOAK N.V. GogolTHE DISTRICT DOCTOR I.S. TurgenevTHE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING F.M. DostoyevskyGOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS L.N. TolstoyHOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS M.Y. SaltykovTHE SHADES, A PHANTASY V.G. KorolenkoTHE SIGNAL V.N. GarshinTHE DARLING A.P. ChekhovTHE BET A.P. ChekhovVANKA A.P. ChekhovHIDE AND SEEK F.K. SologubDETHRO...

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Russian literature in the short story form, penned by the masters.A unique edition: beautifully formatted with optimized, easy-to-read fonts; annotated with additional content; includes a functional Table of Contents. Contains the following stories: THE QUEEN OF SPADES A.S. Pushkin THE CLOAK N.V. Gogol THE DISTRICT DOCTOR I.S. Turgenev THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING F.M. Dostoyevsky

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