A Chekhov Circus
A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov
A hunter bunks down in a woodsman’s hut and soon the two men’s differing natures lead to a clash.
A whiny piano tuner is humiliated repeatedly after a hotel porter misplaces his boots.
A boy is overindulged by his lackadaisical caretakers.
A shoemaker agrees to sell his soul to the devil.
A young woman’s daydreams of marital bliss turn nightmarish.
A ninny is excited to be featured in a newspaper story. Unfortunately, it’s a story about him being injured while drunk out of his mind.
A doctor cares for a dying boy and his grief-stricken mother.
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 doctor deduces the solution in the mysterious death of a married woman.