THE PICTURE
THE PICTURE Alexandr Kuprin I One evening, at the house of a well-known literary man,…
THE LAST WORD
THE LAST WORD By Alexandr Kuprin Yes, gentlemen, I killed him! In vain do you…
THE IDIOT
THE IDIOT By Alexandr Kuprin We were seated in a little park, driven there…
THE ELEPHANT
THE ELEPHANT By Alexandr Kuprin I The little girl was unwell. Every day the doctor…
TEMPTING PROVIDENCE
TEMPTING PROVIDENCE By Alexandr Kuprin You’re always saying “accident, accident….” That’s just the point. What…
Hamlet
HAMLET I “HAMLET” was being played. All tickets had been sold out before the morning…
Ester Day
EASTER DAY By Alexandr Kuprin On his way from Petersburg to the Crimea Colonel Voznitsin…
TITBOTTOM’S SPECTACLES
TITBOTTOM’S SPECTACLES By George William Curtis (1824–1892) In my mind’s eye, Horatio. Prue and I…