Short Stories (The Folio Society)

xxiv, 480 pp. Includes publisher's slipcase. Decorative paper boards. Illustrated by Debra McFarlane. Edited and Introduced by Gordon McVay. Foreword by Zinovy Zinik. CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction; The Death of a Civil Servant; Fat and Thin; The Huntsman; Sergeant Prishibeyev; Misery; Easter Night; Romance with Double-Bass; Vanka; The Reed-Pipe; Boys; Kashtanka; A Lady's Story; No Comment; The Beauties; A Dreary Story; Gusev; The Grasshopper; In Exile; Ward No. 6; The Black Monk; Rothschild's Fiddle; The Student; The House with the Mezzanine; Peasants; Ionych; Encase; Gooseberries; About Love; A Doctor's Visit; On Official Duty; The Darling; The Lady with the Dog; In the Ravine; The Bishop; Notes.