"Of the thirteen stories in this collection the first twelve have been translated from the Russian by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author. The thirteenth story was written in English."
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Tyrants destroyed.--A nursery tale.--Music.--Lik.--Recruiting.--Terror.--The Admiralty spire.--A matter of chance.--In memory of L. I. Shigaev.--Bachmann.--Perfection.--Vasiliy Shishkov.--The Vane sisters.