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No. 184 – Home
A father tries one trick and another to get his son to promise not to smoke cigarettes.
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No. 192 – The Doctor
A doctor cares for a dying boy and his grief-stricken mother.
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No. 196 – The Examining Magistrate
A doctor deduces the solution in the mysterious death of a married woman.
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No. 197 – A Mystery
A bureaucrat drives himself practically mad trying to figure out how a stranger’s signature keeps turning up in his guest book.
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No. 198 – A Play
An aggressive amateur writer forces a successful playwright to listen to her work
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No. 163 – A Murder
Two family members quarrel over religious practices and an inheritence.
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No. 152 – The Cattle Dealers
This is a long story, practically a novella, that is more reportage than fiction. Written in the present tense like a news article, the story concerns the transport of a herd of cattle via rail. The story details the various difficulties of transporting and selling cattle, and in particular the challenges involved in cajoling (and…
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No. 151 – Uprooted
A Jewish man, having converted to christianity, tells his life story while staying at a monastery.
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No. 147 – An Adventure
A child accompanies her father on a journey and it doesn’t end well.
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No. 141 – Shrove Tuesday
A portrait of a family on a holiday.
A Chekhov Circus
A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov
A Chekhov Circus 