White nights, and other stories
torn to pieces by the storm, the nestlings and their mother killed, and
their warm little bed of fluff, feather and flock scattered about
them.... Semyon Ivanovitch, however, looked more like a conceited,
thievish old cock-sparrow. He kept quite quiet now, seemed to be lying
low, as though he were not guilty, as though he had had nothing to do
with the shameless, conscienceless, and unseemly duping and deception of
all these good people. He did not heed now the sobs and wailing of his
bereaved and wounded landlady. On the contrary, like a wary, callous
capitalist, anxious not to waste a minute in idleness even in the
coffin, he seemed to be wrapped up in some speculative calculation.
There was a look of deep reflection in his face, while his lips were
drawn together with a significant air, of which Semyon Ivanovitch during
his lifetime had not been suspected of being capable. He seemed, as it
were, to have grown shrewder, his right eye was, as it were, slyly
screwed up. Semyon Ivanovitch seemed wanting to say something, to make
some very important communication and explanation and without loss of
time, because things were complicated and there was not a minute to
lose.... And it seemed as though they could hear him.
"What is it? Give over, do you hear, you stupid woman? Don't whine! Go
to bed and sleep it off, my good woman, do you hear? I am dead; there's
no need of a fuss now. What's the use of it, really? It's nice to lie
here.... Though I don't mean that, do you hear? You are a fine lady, you
are a regular fine lady. Understand that; here I am dead now, but look
here, what if--that is, perhaps it can't be so--but I say what if I'm
not dead, what if I get up, do you hear? What would happen then?"
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NOVELS BY FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
Translated from the Russian by
CONSTANCE GARNETT.
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
THE IDIOT
THE POSSESSED
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD
THE INSULTED AND INJURED
A RAW YOUTH
THE ETERNAL HUSBAND, etc.
THE GAMBLER, etc.
WHITE NIGHTS, etc.
AN HONEST THIEF, etc. (_shortly_)
THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY (_in progress_)
NOVELS BY IVAN TURGENEV
Translated from the Russian by
CONSTANCE GARNETT.
RUDIN
A HOUSE OF GENTLEFOLK
ON THE EVE
FATHERS AND CHILDREN
SMOKE
VIRGIN SOIL (2 vols.)
A SPORTSMAN'S SKETCHES (2 vols.)
DREAM TALES AND PROSE POEMS
THE TORRENTS OF SPRING
A LEAR OF THE STEPPES, etc.
THE DIARY OF A SUPERFLUOUS MAN, etc.
A DESPERATE CHARACTER, etc.
THE JEW, etc.
NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Transcriber's Notes:
The list of novels translated by Constance Garnett was moved from front
of book to the end. Punctuation was standardized. Spaces were removed
from elipses when used to separate syllables within a word, e.g.,
sus...pic...ion. Archaic and non-standard spelling was retained, except
as noted below.
Changes to text:
'grandchlid' to 'grandchild' ... I tell you this, grandchild, ...
'terrestial' to 'terrestrial' ... whole terrestrial globe ...
'consciouness' to 'consciousness' ... to your consciousness ...
'gentlemen' to 'gentleman' ... I knew a gentleman who ...
'extraordinary' to 'extraordinarily' ... everything will be
extraordinarily rational ...
'freewill' to 'free will' for consistency with remaining text
... without free will and without ...
... so-called free will ...
'And' to 'Am' ... Am I a scoundrel?...
'too' to 'to' ... Where will the poor fellow be off to?...
'cried' to 'cries' ... I heard cries of bewilderment ...
'intrgiue' to 'intrigue' ... The intrigue was not such ...
Additions to text:
added missing 'to' ... if not to-day ...
added missing 'a' ... It was a waste of time ...