The District Doctor and Other Stories
โ Scribed by Ivan Turgenev
- Publisher
- Interactive Media
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- World Classics
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
It's hard to die at twenty without having known love...
An intriguing confession of doctor's romantic involvement with a beautiful 20 year old patient. Followed by Turgenev's exquisite, often meditative descriptions of Russian countryside and mysterious herbalist Kassyan infatuated with Gamayane, a prophetic bird of Russian folklore, a symbol of wisdom and knowledge. The book includes 14 stories from The Hunting Sketches collection.
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The doctor's son -- Early afternoon -- Pleasure -- New day -- The man who had to talk to somebody -- Mary -- Ella and the Chinee -- Ten Eyck or Pershing? Pershing or Ten Eyck? -- Alone -- Coffee pot -- The girl who had been presented -- Mort and Mary -- On his hands -- It wouldn't break your arm --
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