The Disabled Soldier Part 5
“The boatswain found me, as he said, an obstinate fellow: he swore he knew that I understood my business well, but that I shammed...
One Autumn Night part 1
Maxim Gorky (1868-1936)
Alexei Maximovitch Pyeshkov, known as Gorky, which signifies “bitter,” was born at Nijni Novgorod in 1868. He was orphaned at nine, and...
One Autumn Night part 2
The evening was approaching, the rain was falling, and the wind blew violently from the north. It whistled in the empty booths and shops,...
One Autumn Night part 3
The girl looked at me, and the terror in her eyes gradually died out.She shook the sand from her hands, adjusted her cotton head-gear,...
One Autumn Night part 4
In a monotonous tone she set about calculating our discoveries.
“A basketful of bottles thick furs a sunshade an iron pail.”
All this was uneatable. I...
One Autumn Night part 5
Our position beneath the shelter of the skiff was utterly devoid of comfort; it was narrow and damp, tiny cold drops of rain dribbled...
One Autumn Night part 6
He had a vest which cost fifteen rubles and boots with dress tops. For these reasons she had fallen in love with him, and...
One Autumn Night part 7
I felt really wretched more from cold than from the words of my neighbor. I groaned softly and ground my teeth.
Almost at the same...
One Autumn Night part 8
But, ugh! it was impossible for me to think that, for cold drops of rain were dripping down upon me, the woman was pressing...
