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Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки / Миргород
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Пиковая дама. Арап Петра Великого и другие повести
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Faust en andere verhalen
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The Black Monk
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Verhalen uit Odessa
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The Overcoat
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Дама с собачкой. Повести и рассказы
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De geschiedenis van een paard
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Queen Fish: A Story in Two Parts and Twelve Episodes
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Палата №6
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Russische Verhalen
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Дом c Мезонином.
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Russische liefdesverhalen
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Повести о любви. Сборник в двух томах. Том первый
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Na het bal
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The Collected Stories
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Dagboek van een gek / De neus / De mantel
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Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings
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The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Sketches from a Hunter's Album
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Mumu
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Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories
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История одного города
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Старуха Изергиль
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Повести и рассказы
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Selected Stories
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Михаил Зощенко. Избранное
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Даниил Хармс. В двух томах. Том 1
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Олеся. На переломе. Поединок; Яма; Рассказы
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Пегий пес, бегущий краем моря
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Позови меня в даль светлую : повести и рассказы
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Деньги для Марии
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Рассказы
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Рассказы
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Ханский огонь: Повести и рассказы
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Приключения Алисы (Алиса, #1-2, #4, #8-10)
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Generation "П". Повести. Рассказы
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Рассказы. Алые паруса. Бегущая по волнам
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The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
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4.21 avg rating — 2,633 ratings
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