An Honest Thief AUTH-3301985 I spent the last fifty

I spent the last fifty pages of the book sniffling into a tissue

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Author: Paul de Kruif

An Honest Thief AUTH-3301985 I spent the last fiftyFyodor Dostoyevsky "An Honest Thief" is an 1848 short story that famously tells the tale of Emelyan Ilyitch, the tragic drunk. It begins with our narrator conversing with Astafy Ivanovich, an aged soldier and temporary lodger. An unfortunate coat theft leaves Astafy dismayed one day, and a conversation is struck up between the two, who seem to share the same dislike for thieves in general. One night, however, Astafy recounts to the narrator a story of