A Chekhov Circus
A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov
A beggar’s life seems to be transformed by a bit of hard advice–but is that what really changed him?
A lawyer connives to win the heart of a married woman.
A drunken bully bullies everyone around him, drunkenly.
A lawyer bets he can live in solitary confinement for 15 years.
A father tries one trick and another to get his son to promise not to smoke cigarettes.
A group of jurors, sequestered for the night, trade stories from life but seem not to learn from them.
An architect returns to his hometown and must face up to his past.