The Signal part 7
He got two kopeks apiece for them. On the day following the visit of the commission he left his wife at home to meet...
The Signal part 6
“Head office? Ah, you are going to complain, I suppose. Give it up! Vasily Stepanych, forget it.”
“No, mate, I will not forget. It is...
The Signal part 5
Vasily kept silent for a while, pulling at his pipe, then added quietly: “A little more and I should have done for him.”
“You are...
The Signal part 4
Semyon also got up. “Neighbor,” he called, “why do you lose your temper?” But his neighbor did not look round, and kept on his...
The Signal part 3
Two months passed, and Semyon commenced to make the acquaintance of his neighbors, the track-walkers on either side of him. One was a very...
The Signal part 2
“You are Ivanov?” he said.
“Yes, your Excellency.”
“How do you come to be here?”
Semyon told him all.
“Where are you off to?”
“I cannot tell you, sir.”
“Idiot!...
The Signal part 1
Vsevolod Garshin (1855-1888)
Garshin was all his life subject to melancholia. His work, consisting of only a score of stories, was influenced by his condition,...
A Letter and a Paragraph part 8
Bear with me, my dear Will, until I have told you I have written this letter and what it means. I have concealed one...
A Letter and a Paragraph part 7
At first I was frightened, and fought against it as against something that might grow upon me. I reproached myself for disloyalty in thought....
A Letter and a Paragraph part 6
It was so at the beginning, in the incredible happiness of the first year, and even after the boy`s birth. Do you know, it...
