The NoseBy Nicoloai Gogol In 1722 Peter the Great introduced a system of positions and ranks for the military, the government, and the Russian court which enabled commoners to gain
A Tedious Story from an Old Man’s JournalBy Anton Chekhov Influenced by the death of his brother Nicolay from tuberculosis, Chekhov’s novella “A Tedious Story (From An Old Man’s Journal)”
Boule de SuifBy Guy de Maupassant “Boule de Suif” is one of the first short stories by Guy de Maupassant and possibly the most famous. The title phrase, which can be