| Edition |
Seven Stories Press 1st ed. |
| Description |
xxi, 200 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents |
Part One : Sarah Bernhardt comes to town -- On the train -- The trial -- Confession - or Olya, Zhenya, Zoya : a letter -- Village doctors -- An unsuccessful visit -- A hypnotic seance -- The cross -- The cat -- How I came to be lawfully wed -- From the diary of an assistant bookkeeper -- A fool ; or, The retired sea captain : a scene from an unwritten vaudeville play -- In Autumn -- The grateful German -- A sign of the times -- From the diary of a young girl -- The stationmaster -- A woman's revenge -- O women, women! -- Two letters -- To speak or be silent : a tale -- After the fair -- At the pharmacy -- On mortality : a carnival tale -- A serious step -- The good German -- First Aid -- Intrigues. Part Two : this and that : four vignettes -- Elements most often found in novels, short stories, etc. -- Questions posed by a mad mathematician -- America in Rostov and on the Don -- Mr. Gulevitch, writer, and the drowned man -- The potato and the tenor -- Mayonnaise -- At a patient's bedside -- My love -- A glossary of terms for young ladies. |
| Summary |
Stories by a 19th century Russian master, written for newspapers and magazines when he was an unknown. |
| Added Author |
Constantine, Peter, 1963-
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| ISBN |
1888363762 |
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