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No. 164 – The Beauties
An unnamed narrator recalls two strikingly beautiful women.
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No. 163 – A Murder
Two family members quarrel over religious practices and an inheritence.
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No. 158 – A Doctor’s Visit
A young woman languishes in the unhealthy environment of a factory town.
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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. 150 – The Princess
A princess flatters herself that she is doing good when in fact she is not helping anyone but herself.
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No. 149 – The Teacher of Literature
A teacher wins the hand of a wealthy young woman, but wonders if he has made a mistake in marrying her.
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No. 148 – Lights
An engineer recalls a misbegotten love affair that forced him to become a better person.
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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. 146 – Ladies
On occasion, Chekhov’s stories are almost impossible for a current day American (moi!) to parse. In this brutal and yet weirdly antic story, we meet a schoolmaster and one of his teachers. The teacher–who has been employed by the school for 14 years–has lost his voice, supposedly from drinking a cold beer while he was…
A Chekhov Circus
A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov
A Chekhov Circus 