Literature
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Anna On The Neck by Anton Chekhov
IAFTER the wedding they had not even light refreshments; the happy pair simply drank a glass of champagne, changed into…
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An Upheaval by Anton Chekhov
MASHENKA PAVLETSKY, a young girl who had only just finished her studies at a boarding school, returning from a walk…
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Anyuta by Anton Chekhov
IN the cheapest room of a big block of furnished apartments Stepan Klotchkov, a medical student in his third year,…
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A Peculiar Man by Anton Chekhov
BETWEEN twelve and one at night a tall gentleman, wearing a top-hat and a coat with a hood, stops before…
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A Pink Stocking by Anton Chekhov
DULL, rainy day. The sky is completely covered with heavy clouds, and there is no prospect of the rain ceasing.…
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A Play by Anton Chekhov
PAVEL VASSILYEVITCH, there’s a lady here, asking for you,” Luka announced. “She’s been waiting a good hour. . . .”…
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A Problem by Anton Chekhov
THE strictest measures were taken that the Uskovs’ family secret might not leak out and become generally known. Half of…
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Ariadne by Anton Chekhov
ON the deck of a steamer sailing from Odessa to Sevastopol, a rather good-looking gentleman, with a little round beard,…
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Art by Anton Chekhov
A GLOOMY winter morning. On the smooth and glittering surface of the river Bystryanka, sprinkled here and there with snow,…
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A Slander by Anton Chekhov
SERGE KAPITONICH AHINEEV, the writing master, was marrying his daughter to the teacher of history and geography. The wedding festivities…
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