A Chekhov Circus

A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov

Category: First appeared in print in 1887

No. 184 – Home

A father tries one trick and another to get his son to promise not to smoke cigarettes.

October 8, 2022
No. 192 – The Doctor

A doctor cares for a dying boy and his grief-stricken mother.

October 8, 2022
No. 196 – The Examining Magistrate

A doctor deduces the solution in the mysterious death of a married woman.

October 8, 2022
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.

October 8, 2022
No. 198 – A Play

An aggressive amateur writer forces a successful playwright to listen to her work

October 8, 2022
No. 163 – A Murder

Two family members quarrel over religious practices and an inheritence.

October 7, 2022
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…

October 7, 2022
No. 151 – Uprooted

A Jewish man, having converted to christianity, tells his life story while staying at a monastery.

October 7, 2022
No. 147 – An Adventure

A child accompanies her father on a journey and it doesn’t end well.

October 7, 2022
No. 141 – Shrove Tuesday

A portrait of a family on a holiday.

October 6, 2022