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Mystery Tales, by Various

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Title: The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales
Including Stories by Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, Joergen Wilhelm
Bergsoee and Bernhard Severin Ingemann, and Others.

Author: Various

Release Date: April 25, 2004 [EBook #12144]
[Date last updated: May 9, 2004]

Language: English

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_THE CONTINENTAL CLASSICS_

VOLUME XVIII

MYSTERY TALES

INCLUDING STORIES BY

FEODOR MIKHAILOVITCH DOSTOYEVSKY

JOeRGEN WILHELM BERGSOeE AND

BERNHARD SEVERIN INGEMANN

1909

_TABLE OF CONTENTS_

RUSSIAN MYSTERY STORIES:

ALEXANDER SERGEIEVITCH PUSHKIN - The Queen of Spades

VERA JELIHOVSKY - The General's Will

FEODOR MIKHAILOVITCH DOSTOYEVSKY - Crime and Punishment

ANTON CHEKHOFF - The Safety Match

VSEVOLOD VLADIMIROVITCH KRESTOVSKI - Knights of Industry

JOeRGEN WILHELM BERGSOeE - The Amputated Arms

OTTO LARSSEN - The Manuscript

BERNHARD SEVERIN INGEMANN - The Sealed Room

STEEN STEENSEN BLICHER - The Rector of Veilbye

HUNGARIAN MYSTERY STORIES:

FERENCZ MOLNAR - The Living Death

MAURUS JOKAI - Thirteen at Table

ETIENNE BARSONY - The Dancing Bear

ARTHUR ELCK - The Tower Room

_RUSSIAN MYSTERY STORIES_

ALEXANDER SERGEIEVITCH PUSHKIN

_THE QUEEN OF SPADES_

I

There was a card party at the rooms of Naroumoff, of the Horse
Guards. The long winter night passed away imperceptibly, and it
was five o'clock in the morning before the company sat down to
supper. Those who had won ate with a good appetite; the others
sat staring absently at their empty plates. When the champagne
appeared, however, the conversation became more animated, and all
took a part in it.

"And how did you fare, Souirin?" asked the host.

"Oh, I lost, as usual. I must confess that I am unlucky. I play
mirandole, I always keep