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Master and Man is definitely the most Russian story I have ever read! For example, I give you this sentence:
"Nikita was gloomy because he passionately wanted vodka, and the one thing that could extinguish that desire was tea, but he had not yet been offered any."
The story is about a rich master and his underpaid servant going together on a quest to buy wood despite the atrocious weather conditions. You sense it's not going to end well (!) but the climax is actually rather moving, if a little hea ...more
"Nikita was gloomy because he passionately wanted vodka, and the one thing that could extinguish that desire was tea, but he had not yet been offered any."
The story is about a rich master and his underpaid servant going together on a quest to buy wood despite the atrocious weather conditions. You sense it's not going to end well (!) but the climax is actually rather moving, if a little hea ...more
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