His Last Bow

Ward No. 6By Anton Chekhov Perhaps one of Chekov’s most famous and profound descriptions of human misery,” Ward Six” describes the deplorable conditions of a rundown hospital in the hinterlands

My Life: The Story of a ProvincialBy Anton Chekhov “My Life: The Story of a Provincial” (1896) is a novella that tells the story of Misail Poloznev, a rebellious young

Bartleby, the ScrivenerBy Herman Melville In an October 1939 radio broadcast Winston Churchill described his difficulty in understanding the actions of Russia by saying “it is a riddle, wrapped in