Fifty-Two Stories

CONTENTS

Cover

Also Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Title Page

Copyright

Preface

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XCLAMATION

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OINT

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DUCATED

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LOCKHEAD

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LIP

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PRING

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Notes

A Note About the Author