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No. 1 – A Woman’s Kingdom
This novella is No. 1 in my completely nonscientific ranking of all of Anton Chekhov’s fiction. What makes it so great? What places it ahead of all the other stories and novellas that Chekhov produced during his brief life? Well, let’s look at the story itself for one minute. The “kingdom” of the title refers…
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No. 133 – The Head-Gardener’s Story
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No. 28 – The Student
This is a lovely, unironic portrait of religious belief. A clerical student, walking home through the woods, comes upon a mother and daughter having dinner. As he warms himself at their fire, he is reminded of the way the apostle Peter similarly warmed himself on the evening of the last supper. The student recalls the…
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No. 121 – Rothschild’s Fiddle
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No. 195 – The Black Monk
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No. 149 – The Teacher of Literature
A Chekhov Circus
A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov
A Chekhov Circus 