Book I THE FAMILY COUNCIL Book II AS BECOMES GOOD KINSFOLK Book III FAMILY ACCOUNTS SETTLED Book IV THE GOOD LITTLE NIECE Book V FORBIDDEN FAMILY JOYS Book VI THE DESERTED MANOR-HOUSE Book VII THE SETTLEMENT Anton Vasilyev, the manager of a remote estate, was giving his mistress, Arina Petrovna Golovliov, an account of his trip to Moscow. He had gone there to collect the money due from those of her peasant serfs who bought the right to live in the city by paying her a tax. When he had finished with his report, she told him he might retire, but he linger…
Or read it translated: 日本語 · 中文 · हिन्दी · Español · العربية · Français · বাংলা · Português · Русский · Bahasa Indonesia · اردو · Deutsch · Kiswahili · 한국어