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One of our Russian books is Ionitch, by Anton Chekhov. It tells the story of a man named Ionitch, who is countryside doctor and a new arrival in a non-descript Russian town, where there are few distractions apart from a rich landowner's soirees and his attention seeking wife and daughter.   Initially infatuated with the daughter but rejected, their relationship reverses when Ionitch finally gives up on her. Apart from relating about the monotonous life in a district town, it describes the passion and the exhaustion of it.   Reading Ionitch in interlinear format is a great way to improve...