
OLENKA, the daughter of the retired collegiate assessor, Plemyanniakov, was sitting in her back porch, lost in thought. It was hot, the flies were persistent and teasing, and it was pleasant to reflect that it would soon be evening. Dark rainclouds were gathering from the east, and bringing from time to time a breath of moisture in the air. Kukin, who was the manager of an open-air theatre called ...
Hardcover: 292 pages
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society (August 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781421820699
ISBN-13: 978-1421820699
ASIN: 1421820692
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
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I liked it a good short story for a book club or class project. We read it for our book club and had a lively discussion....
and who lived in the lodge, was standing in the middle of the garden looking at the sky. "Again!" he observed despairingly. "It's going to rain again! Rain every day, as though to spite me. I might as well hang myself! It's ruin! Fearful losses every day."