Literature
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The Letter by Anton Chekhov
The clerical superintendent of the district, his Reverence Father Fyodor Orlov, a handsome, well-nourished man of fifty, grave and important…
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The Lion And The Sun by Anton Chekhov
IN one of the towns lying on this side of the Urals a rumour was afloat that a Persian magnate,…
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The Looking Glass by Anton Chekhov
NEW YEAR’S EVE. Nellie, the daughter of a landowner and general, a young and pretty girl, dreaming day and night…
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The Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov
IVAN DMITRITCH, a middle-class man who lived with his family on an income of twelve hundred a year and was…
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The Man In A Case by Anton Chekhov
The Man in a Case is one of Anton Chekhov’s most famous short stories. Dealing with the idea that there…
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The Marshal’s Widow by Anton Chekhov
A popular annual luncheon thrown by a widow to honor her husband. Only problem. Alcohol put him in his grave,…
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The Murder by Anton Chekhov
IThe evening service was being celebrated at Progonnaya Station. Before the great ikon, painted in glaring colours on a background…
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The New Villa by Anton Chekhov
I Two miles from the village of Obrutchanovo a huge bridge was being built. From the village, which stood up…
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The Old House by Anton Chekhov
A Story told by a Houseowner THE old house had to be pulled down that a new one might be…
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The Orator by Anton Chekhov
ONE fine morning the collegiate assessor, Kirill Ivanovitch Babilonov, who had died of the two afflictions so widely spread in…
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