Literature
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The Schoolmistress by Anton Chekhov
AT half-past eight they drove out of the town. The highroad was dry, a lovely April sun was shining warmly,…
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The Shoemaker And The Devil by Anton Chekhov
The Shoemaker and the Devil was published by Anton Chekhov in 1888. “How splendid it would be if the rich,…
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The Slanderer by Anton Chekhov
Sergey Kapitonlch Akhineyev, the teacher of calligraphy, gave his daughter Natalya in marriage to the teacher of history and geography,…
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The Steppe by Anton Chekhov
IEARLY one morning in July a shabby covered chaise, one of those antediluvian chaises without springs in which no one…
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The Student by Anton Chekhov
At first the weather was fine and still. The thrushes were calling, and in the swamps close by something alive…
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The Swedish Match by Anton Chekhov
Chekhov makes light of the “detective stories” that are becoming increasingly popular at this time (this story was published in…
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The Teacher Of Literature by Anton Chekhov
THERE was the thud of horses’ hoofs on the wooden floor; they brought out of the stable the black horse,…
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The Trousseau by Anton Chekhov
I HAVE seen a great many houses in my time, little and big, new and old, built of stone and…
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The Two Volodyas by Anton Chekhov
LET me; I want to drive myself! I’ll sit by the driver!” Sofya Lvovna said in a loud voice. “Wait…
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The Wife by Anton Chekhov
II RECEIVED the following letter: “DEAR SIR, PAVEL ANDREITCH! “Not far from you — that is to say, in the…
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