Ivan Turgenev: The Rivau
I had a comrade-rival; not in our studies, not in the service or in love; but our views did not agree on any point, and every time we met, interminable arguments sprang up. We argued about art,...
View ArticleIvan Turgenev: The End of the World – A Dream
It seems to me as though I am somewhere in Russia, in the wilds, in a plain country house. The chamber is large, low-ceiled, with three windows; the walls are smeared with white paint; there is no...
View ArticleIvan Turgenev: The Azure Realm
O azure realm! O realm of azure, light, youth, and happiness! I have beheld thee ... in my dreams. There were several of us in a beautiful, decorated boat. Like the breast of a swan the white sail...
View ArticleIvan Turgenev: The Egoist
He possessed everything which was requisite to make him the scourge of his family. He had been born healthy, he had been born rich--and during the whole course of his long life he had remained rich...
View ArticleMarjorie Bowen: One Remained Behind – a Romance `a la Mode Gothique ( via...
Rudolph quarrelled fiercely with M. Dufours, the antique dealer, but in low tones so as not to be overheard in the street. "If you do not sell it to me--and cheaply--I shall report you to the police,"...
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