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No. 8 – Frost
“Frost” is a delicate portrait of a small town winter party. The title refers to bitter cold weather the town experiences on the day of the party: “28 degrees of frost.” (Which to an American reader translates, I think, to 4 degrees fahrenheit.) Some of the towns’ leaders wonder if the festival should be canceled;…
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No. 48 – A Slander
This is a classic, and well done. It’s the story of a man who, during his daughter’s wedding, ducks into the kitchen to check on the preparation of the meal, and smacks his lips over the fish. A guest comes in, hears him smacking his lips, and jokes that he must have been kissing the…
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No. 87 – Darkness
A poor man begs a government doctor to help free his brother from jail.
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No. 156 – Ward No. 6
A doctor’s interest in the treatment of mental illness seems to undermine his sanity.
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No. 157 – The Beggar
A beggar’s life seems to be transformed by a bit of hard advice–but is that what really changed him?
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No. 160 – Minds in Ferment
A small town erupts in a panic for no reason.
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No. 140 – Gone Astray
Two men drink too much and get lost stumbling home.
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No. 108 – A Story Without a Title
A monk’s warnings about the goings-on in a big city have the opposite effect he intended.
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No. 71 – The Petchenyeg
A traveler spends the night at a stranger’s home, and is kept up all night by his host’s incessant talking.
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No. 119 – The Horse-Stealers
A traveler is forced off the road in a snowstorm and finds himself in the company of a highly untrustworthy group.
A Chekhov Circus
A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov
A Chekhov Circus 