'Hey there, what are you up to, anyway?' said Chichikov to Selifan. 'Yes, you ( Read more... )

... The scatterbrain Yemelyan and the thief Antoshka gave a splendid account of themselves. These epithets had been bestowed on them merely by way of encouragement. The master had no great enthusiasm for abusing people; he was a good-hearted fellow. But the Russian simply loves a spicy word the same way he loves a glass of vodka to help his ( Read more... )

It was that hour on Sunday when lucky folks are hauling mattresses and chests of drawers from the Smolensk market down the Arbat ( Read more... )