The document provides short summaries of several works of Russian and European literature, including Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, With Other Eyes by Luigi Pirandello, The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin, The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy, Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, The Stranger by Albert Camus, and No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre. Key details and quotes are presented for each work to give a sense of its themes and stories.