A Chekhov Circus
A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov
A man receives a letter from a secret admirer, but the tryst is a bust.
A cat has kittens, to the delight of the children in the house.
A hunter bunks down in a woodsman’s hut and soon the two men’s differing natures lead to a clash.
A boy is overindulged by his lackadaisical caretakers.
A man woos and weds a woman who irritates the living daylights out of him.
A self-important scribbler requires absolute silence to create his art.
A seductive woman manages to charm two men to whom she owes money.
An unnamed narrator relates three separate, unrelated moments of deep unease.
A group of jurors, sequestered for the night, trade stories from life but seem not to learn from them.
Having had one drink too many, a newlywed husband can’t find his way back to his train compartment where his wife is waiting for him.
A Chekhov Circus 