“It’s completely dark outside; the rain has stopped; only drops could be heard from the roof. In the village, lights flashed in different places. The old wom...

“It was autumn. Near the fence, half a mile from the village, there was a new uncovered hut, around which felled trees lay in disarray. In the hut, on a bed ...

“According to the ancient custom, in all villages the night leading up to the bright day passes without sleep, getting ready for the holiday. In the evening,...

“A convoy was driving along the high road; it was getting dark; There were no more than two miles left to the village. A strong snowstorm was swirling in the...

“Indeed, boredom overcame me. Having bought land, I built myself a hut in the middle of the field and hired a guard who came to spend the night with me... An...

“I had to say something, Aksinya Tikhonovna, about thieves... the house is a pit, look straight... One man had a horse that was like this: it used to be that...

“It was a winter evening. A torch was burning in the peasant's hut; an old old man of tall stature was sitting on the horse, wearing only a shirt, with the c...

“One morning they reported to the clerk that a woman, Aksinya, had come to be hired as a worker. Aksinya was a widow. Everyone considered her stupid, neverth...

“One winter evening, amid the deafening barking of dogs, a forensic investigator rode up to a collapsed hut on a pair of ordinary horses. While the mistress ...

“Late in the evening in the house of the provincial official Brusilov, his son, about seventeen years old, was sitting on an old sofa, his eyes fixed on the ...

“In the middle of the peasant yard, destroyed in many places, rough, snow-covered nags and sheep stood, picking up straw; Sparrows were huddling under the ca...

“In a dilapidated hut, standing on the edge of a provincial town, on a stormy autumn evening, by the light of a night lamp, two young guys were sitting at di...