Compiled and Edited by Thomas Seltzer
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BEST RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
THE CLOAK
THE DISTRICT DOCTOR
THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING
GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS
HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS
THE SHADES, A PHANTASY
THE SIGNAL
THE DARLING
THE BET
VANKA
HIDE AND SEEK
DETHRONED
THE SERVANT
ONE AUTUMN NIGHT
HER LOVER
LAZARUS
THE REVOLUTIONIST
THE OUTRAGE—A TRUE STORY