The present collection is composed of stories
written by Soviet authors during the past decade,
with the exception of the three pre-revolutionary
stories by Maxim Gorky with which the volume opens.

Original scan by DLI.

Note: Scan quality is poor and just readable at times.

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CONTENTS

Maxim Gorky
A MAN IS BORN 11
MALVA 25
HOW A SONG WAS COMPOSED 91

Alexei Tolstoi
THE RUSSIAN CHARACTER .97
A STRANGE STORY 107

Mikhail Sholokhov
HATE 123

Alexander Fadeyev
EARTHQUAKE 146

Sergei Sergeyev-Tsensky
THE OLD DOCTOR 162

Boris Gorbatov
FRIENDSHIP 183
THE RETURN OF SATANAU 212

Konstantin Simonov
MATURITY 225
THE CANDLE 246

Ilya Ehrenburg
THE ACTRESS 252

Vasili Grossman
LIFE 260

Valentin Katayev
OUR FATHER 296

Vadim Kozheinikov
MARCH APRIL 309

Pavel Bazhov
THE MISTRESS OF THE COPPER HILL
THE IRON GRANNIE 351

Leonid Sobolev
HIS SWEETHEART 366

Yuri Dombrovsky
FETIS ZYABLIKOA 375

Sergei Dikovsky
THE COMMANDANT OF BIRD ISLAND 385

Konstantin Paustovsky
NASTYA THE LACEMAKER 412

Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov
COLUMBUS REACHES PORT 419
THE WONDER GUESTS 428

Arkadi Gaidar
THE TELEGRAM 436