A Chekhov Circus
A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov
In a languid seaside town, a mutual dislike festers and turns into a violent confrontation.
In a spooky house, a mother and daughter work feverishly to create a trousseau for a wedding that will never occur.
A dullard falls in love with his French tutor.
A political operative goes undercover as a rich man’s servant but finds himself drawn into the man’s life.
A pesky student hitches a ride with an irritated postman.
A traveler spends the night at a stranger’s home, and is kept up all night by his host’s incessant talking.
A church sexton stumbles across a menacing stranger in the graveyard.
An errant husband fools his credulous wife and mother-in-law with an obvious lie.
Caught out in an affair, a woman nevertheless doesn’t want to grant her husband a divorce.
A drunken father receives far better treatment from his diligent son than he deserves.
A Chekhov Circus 