Short Fiction

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VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

The Repentant Sinner

The Candle

The Death of Ivan Ilyitch

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. VIII
9. IX
10. X
11. XI
12. XII

Kholstomír

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI: Second Night
7. VII: Third Night
8. VIII: Fourth Night
9. IX: Fifth Night
10. X
11. XI
12. XII
13. XIII

Walk in the Light While There Is Light

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. VIII
9. IX
10. X

The Kreutzer Sonata

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. VIII
9. IX
10. X
11. XI
12. XII
13. XIII
14. XIV
15. XV
16. XVI
17. XVII
18. XVIII
19. XIX
20. XX
21. XXI
22. XXII
23. XXIII
24. XXIV
25. XXV
26. XXVI
27. XXVII
28. XXVIII

The Devil

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. XIII
9. IX
10. X
11. XI
12. XII
13. XIII
14. XIV
15. XV
16. XVI
17. XVII
18. XVIII
19. XIX
20. XX
21. XXI
22. Variation of the Conclusion of “The Devil”

Françoise

1. I
2. II

The Empty Drum

A Dialogue Among Clever People

The Coffeehouse of Surat

The Young Tsar

Master and Man

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. VIII
9. IX
10. X

Three Parables

1. I: Parable the First
2. II: Parable the Second
3. III: Parable the Third

Too Dear!

Father Sergius

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI

The Overthrow of Hell and Its Restoration

1. I
2. II
3. III

Three Questions

After the Dance

Esarhaddon, King of Assyria

Work, Death, and Sickness

Alyosha the Pot

The Posthumous Papers of the Hermit, Fedor Kusmich

1. I
2. II: The Story of My Life
3. III
4. IV

A Prayer

Kornéy Vasílyef

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V

Strawberries

Why?

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. VIII
9. IX
10. X
11. XI
12. XII

God’s Way and Man’s

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. VIII
9. IX
10. X
11. XI
12. XII
13. XIII

There Are No Guilty People

1. I
2. II

The Wisdom of Children

1. On Religion
2. On War
3. On State and Fatherland
4. On Taxes
5. On Judging
6. On Kindness
7. On Renumeration of Labour
8. On Drink
9. On Capital Punishment
10. On Prisons
11. On Wealth
12. On Those Who Offend You
13. On the Press
14. On Repentance
15. On Art
16. On Science
17. On Going to Law
18. On the Criminal Court
19. On Property
20. On Children
21. On Education

Two Wayfarers

Khodinka

The Memoirs of a Mother

Father Vasily

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV

Three Days in the Village

1. First Day
2. Second Day
3. Third Day
4. Conclusion

Singing in the Village

Traveller and Peasant

A Talk with a Wayfarer

From the Diary

The Forged Coupon

1. Part I
   1. I
   2. II
   3. III
   4. IV
   5. V
   6. VI
   7. VII
   8. VIII
   9. IX
   10. X
   11. XI
   12. XII
   13. XIII
   14. XIV
   15. XV
   16. XVI
   17. XVII
   18. XVIII
   19. XIX
   20. XX
   21. XXI
   22. XXII
   23. XXIII
2. Part II
   1. I
   2. II
   3. III
   4. IV
   5. V
   6. VI
   7. VII
   8. VIII
   9. IX
   10. X
   11. XI
   12. XII
   13. XIII
   14. XIV
   15. XV
   16. XVI
   17. XVII
   18. XVIII
   19. XIX

My Dream

1. I
2. II
3. III

Endnotes

Colophon

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