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An Excerpt from Dostoevsky’s The Idiot

“It’s a stupid story and can be told in two words,” began the general complacently. “Two years ago–yes, nearly two, just after the opening of the new railway–I was already in civilian dress then and busy about an affair of great importance in connection with my giving up the service. I took a first-class ticket, [...]

Beginning of a Story with No End

I was looking through the documents on my computer and came across one entitled “Ruminations,” written January 23. Apparently I was quite bored, and felt like writing a short story. I don’t remember if I ever even intended for it to be finished; perhaps it was only ever supposed to be a tantalizing beginning. [...]