Skip to main content
Menu
Contents
Short Fiction: Short Fiction
Short Fiction
Short Fiction
Visibility
Show the following:
Annotations
Yours
Others
Your highlights
Resources
Show all
Reader Appearance
Adjust appearance:
Font
Font style
Serif
Sans-serif
Decrease font size
Increase font size
Decrease font size
Increase font size
Color Scheme
Light
Dark
Annotation contrast
abc
Low
abc
High
Margins
Increase text margins
Decrease text margins
Reset to Defaults
Search
Enter search criteria
Execute search
Search within:
chapter
text
project
Sign In
avatar
Edit Profile
Notifications
Privacy
Log Out
Issue Home
Inaugural Issue
Journals
Sign In
Learn more about
Manifold
Notes
Close
table of contents
Titlepage
Imprint
Foreword
Short Fiction
Easter Night
A Saghálinian
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Sketches of a Siberian Tourist
I: The Cormorants
II: “The Hollow Below the Devil’s Finger”
III: “The Slayer”
IV: A Voltairian of Siberia
V: The Exterminator
VI: Yevséyitch
VII: The Inspector
VIII: “Iván, Aged Thirty-Eight Years”
IX: The Investigation Continued
The Blind Musician
I: The Blind Infant—The Family
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
II: The Sources of Musical Feeling—The Blind Boy and the Melody
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
III: The First Friendship
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
IV: Blindness—Vague Questions
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
V: Love
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
VI: The Crisis—An Attempt at Synthesis
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII: Intuition
I
II
Epilogue
In Two Moods
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
The Shades, a Fantasy
I
II
III
IV
V
Lights
The Last Ray
I
II
III
The Old Bell-Ringer
Makar’s Dream
The Murmuring Forest
I
II
III
In Bad Company
I: The Ruins
II: Queer Characters
III: My Father and I
IV: I Make Some New Acquaintances
V: My Acquaintanceship Is Continued
VI: Among the “Grey Stones”
VII: Tiburtsi Appears on the Scene
VIII: Autumn
IX: The Doll
X: Conclusion
The Day of Atonement
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
Birds of Heaven
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
Isn’t It Terrible?
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
“Necessity”
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
On the Volga
I
II
III
IV
The Village of God
I
II
III
IV
V
Endnotes
Colophon
Uncopyright
About This Text
Short Fiction
Annotate
Close
Next Chapter
Easter Night
Previous
Next
Related Works