“The snowstorm howled, the wind tore at the shutters, and I, a young doctor fresh from university, stood alone in the middle of the night, trembling before my […]
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The Fatal Eggs
“The consequences of human folly are often more dangerous than any scientific experiment.” Chapter 1: The Brilliant Scientist Professor Vladimir Persikov, a renowned zoologist in Soviet Moscow, makes […]
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Heart of a Dog
“A dog’s heart, gentlemen, is an altogether remarkable organ.” Chapter 1: The Stray Dog The story begins with a stray dog, Sharik, wandering the streets of Moscow, hungry […]
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The White Guard
“And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” — Revelation 20:12 (Epigraph to The White Guard) Chapter […]
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The Master and Margarita
“Who are you, then?”“I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.”— The Master and Margarita Part 1 The novel opens in 1930s […]