Autumn Nights Short Stories

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  • “One Autumn Night” by Maxim Gorky
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    • Dragging my feet along the moist sand, and obstinately scrutinising it with the desire to discover in it any sort of fragment of food, I wandered alone among the deserted buildings and warehouses, and thought how good it would be to get a full meal. In our present state of culture hunger of the mind is more quickly satisfied than hunger of the body.

    “One Autumn Night” by Maxim Gorky

    You wander about the streets, you are surrounded by buildings not bad-looking from the outside and—you may safely say it—not so badly furnished inside, and the sight of them may excite within you stimulating ideas about architecture, hygiene, and many other wise and high-flying subjects.

    You may meet warmly and neatly dressed folks—all very polite, and turning away from you tactfully, not wishing offensively to notice the lamentable fact of your existence. Well, well, the mind of a hungry man is always better nourished and healthier than the mind of the well-fed man; and there you have a situation from which you may draw a very ingenious conclusion in favour of the ill fed.

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    But Natasha was talking all the time of something or other, talking kindly and sympathetically, as only women can talk. All this was only too real, and I am certain that nobody ever dreamed such an oppressive and horrid dream as that reality. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Malathie rated it liked it Aug 28, Then we took friendly leave of each other and never met again, although for half a year I searched in every hole and corner for that kind Natasha, with whom I spent the autumn night just described. This spoilt her, although these blue marks had been distributed with a remarkable sense of proportion, one at a time, and all were of equal size—two under the eyes, and one a little bigger on the forehead just over the bridge of the nose. I said, 'You scoundrel, you!

    The evening was approaching, the rain was falling, and the wind blew violently from the north. It seemed as if the river felt the proximity of winter, and was running at random away from the fetters of ice which the north wind might well have flung upon her that very night. The sky was heavy and dark; down from it swept incessantly scarcely visible drops of rain, and the melancholy elegy in nature all around me was emphasised by a couple of battered and misshapen willow-trees and a boat, bottom upwards, that was fastened to their roots.

    The overturned canoe with its battered keel and the miserable old trees rifled by the cold wind—everything around me was bankrupt, barren, and dead, and the sky flowed with undryable tears… Everything around was waste and gloomy … it seemed as if everything were dead, leaving me alone among the living, and for me also a cold death waited.

    Standing over her, I watched to see what she was doing. It appeared that she was digging a trench in the sand with her hands—digging away under one of the crates.

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    Now, Bertie has money and means and is renting the Greenleaf family household. When Eliza shows up to help with Quarter Day, Bertie is resentful and struggles to forgive Eliza for her past actions.

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    But she's determined to show him that she has changed and that her love is stronger than ever, but she holds a secret that may cause him t Ten years earlier, Eliza Greenleaf and Bertram Gage were all set to marry, but her father disapproved of the match and Eliza set Bertie aside to please her family. But she's determined to show him that she has changed and that her love is stronger than ever, but she holds a secret that may cause him to suspect her true motives. Second chance romances are always dicey for me. They can be great, angsty little pieces with very satisfying endings, when done right.

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    But this didn't really work for me, mostly because I didn't feel the connection between the characters. Bertie was very clearly still hurt by Eliza's actions, but neither of them really felt like they loved or was all that hurt by ten years of separation.

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    Eliza was especially carefree and unconcerned. She had a few moments where she apologized, but she didn't seem to feel any remorse And I disliked the fact that she blamed him for having those suspicions instead of realizing that her own past actions were partially to blame The angst here was fairly decent, but I think I would have enjoyed this much more if I really felt like these two were in love and reconnecting.

    I did like the fact that both characters were celibate during their ten year separation - that at least reinforced the idea that they loved each other, even when it didn't come across on the page. Nov 25, Lara rated it really liked it Shelves: A sweet second chances story that seemed to be inspired, in part, by Persuasion , but not completely.

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    It is short, after all, and doesn't try to do too much. The hero does have to overcome his bitterness about the past in order to move on to happiness.

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    Jun 09, Lo rated it it was ok Shelves: Sep 26, Sandra R rated it really liked it. Jun 22, Monique rated it it was amazing. Bertie and Eliza are simply sublime, and Florian, the French butler, is an outstanding secondary character.

    I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Dec 04, Amary Chapman rated it it was amazing.

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    Sweet historical Eliza and Bertram over come the class distinction of the times and find their way back to each other after her family's interference and his military service. Sep 08, Claire added it Shelves: Read as part of anthology "A Gentleman for All Seasons". Dec 27, Kate rated it really liked it Shelves: Dec 26, Jujubee rated it really liked it Shelves: Valerie Valicento rated it liked it Dec 04, LizardQueen rated it it was amazing Feb 13, Jodi rated it liked it Jun 24, Phoenix rated it really liked it Sep 05, Judy rated it liked it Jul 05, Emily rated it really liked it Nov 30, Margie Thompson rated it it was amazing Dec 22, Jaclyn Loschiavo rated it liked it Jan 22, Morris rated it really liked it Dec 18, Joanna rated it liked it Jan 04, Laura Florand rated it it was amazing Nov 25, Jennifer rated it liked it Nov 09, Aerol rated it it was amazing Mar 17, Leanna rated it really liked it Dec 19, Lux Lewis rated it liked it Dec 21, Isabelle rated it liked it Apr 25, Meribel rated it did not like it Sep 21, Theresa Romain is the bestselling author of historical romances, including the Matchmaker trilogy, the Holiday Pleasures series, the Royal Rewards series, and the Romance of the Turf trilogy.