»The Village of Stepanchikovo

Just a few days after first encountering the word verst, I saw it again on the first page of this short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Had I read more literature during my high-school years, I surely would have seen this word before -- but this is the first work of his I have read. Modern doctors have diagnosed Fyodor Mikhailovich with epilepsy.

Part of this text is available online; I procured my copy at the local library.