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A Tripping Tongue by Anton Chekhov
NATALYA MIHALOVNA, a young married lady who had arrived in the morning from Yalta, was having her dinner, and in…
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A Trivial Incident by Anton Chekhov
IT was a sunny August midday as, in company with a Russian prince who had come down in the world,…
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A Troublesome Visitor by Anton Chekhov
IN the low-pitched, crooked little hut of Artyom, the forester, two men were sitting under the big dark ikon —…
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At The Barber’s by Anton Chekhov
MORNING. It is not yet seven o’clock, but Makar Kuzmitch Blyostken’s shop is already open. The barber himself, an unwashed,…
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A Woman’s Kingdom by Anton Chekhov
IChristmas Eve HERE was a thick roll of notes. It came from the bailiff at the forest villa; he wrote…
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A Work Of Art by Anton Chekhov
SASHA SMIRNOV, the only son of his mother, holding under his arm, something wrapped up in No. 223 of the…
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Bad Weather by Anton Chekhov
BIG raindrops were pattering on the dark windows. It was one of those disgusting summer holiday rains which, when they…
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Betrothed by Anton Chekhov
IIT was ten o’clock in the evening and the full moon was shining over the garden. In the Shumins’ house…
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Boots by Anton Chekhov
A PIANO-TUNER called Murkin, a close-shaven man with a yellow face, with a nose stained with snuff, and cotton-wool in…
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Boys by Anton Chekhov
“VOLODYA’S come!” someone shouted in the yard. “Master Volodya’s here!” bawled Natalya the cook, running into the dining-room. “Oh, my…
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