The village was almost extinct. Out of the eighteen houses, only two remained inhabited: in one, elderly Varvara lived; in the other — Stepan with Anastasia. They had no children, but they did have Mitrich the goat, three goats, chickens, and a garden, which they tended more out of habit than necessity. Everything they needed […]
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— There will be no wedding. Father is against a pauper in our family!” Sasha’s voice, my fiancé’s, pierced through the slightly open door. I was standing in the next room, already dressed in a white gown and clutching a bouquet of daisies that I had picked early that morning. My heart pounded wildly, and […]
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– Oh, Anna Alekseevna… A concert at the community center, exactly! You asked to be reminded, – Lenochka sang, glancing at the clock. – You’re right on time! The secretary knew perfectly well that if Anna Alekseevna had gone to the cemetery, she would completely forget everything else. She called in advance, gave warnings, kept […]
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Don’t expect to live here under Christ’s protection,” the stepfather’s voice cut through the silence like a knife. “Your mother is dead, and with her passing, all your privileges are over.” I stood in the entrance hall of the house I once considered my own, clutching the handle of an old suitcase. After three years […]
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