Anton Chekhov: 470 books

The private office of the Chairman of Directors. On the left is a door, leading into the public department. There are two desks. The furniture aims at a deliberately luxurious effect, with armchairs covered in velvet, flowers, statues, carpets, and a telephone. It is midday. KHIRIN is alone; he wears long felt boots, and is shouting through the door.

AT half-past eight they drove out of the town.

A captivating short story about a banker and a young lawyer who make a bet with each other about whether the death penalty is better or worse than life in prison.

A HOSPITAL assistant, called Yergunov, an empty-headed fellow, known throughout the district as a great braggart and drunkard, was returning one evening in Christmas week from the hamlet of Ryepino, where he had been to make some purchases for the hospital. That he might get home in good time and not...

Fiction Short Stories  

Frau Popow (in tiefer Trauer, sitzt auf dem Sofa rechts, blickt unverwandt eine Photographie an). Luka. Es ist nicht recht, gnädige Frau… Sie richten sich zugrunde. Die Magd und die Köchin sind Beeren suchen gegangen, alles, was atmet, freut sich des Daseins, selbst die Katze versteht sich auf ihr...

Tschubukow. Dann Lomow im Frack und in weißen Handschuhen. Tschubukow (geht ihm zur Begrüßung entgegen). Liebster! Wen sehe ich da! Iwan Wassiljitsch! Höchst erfreut!(Drückt ihm die Hand.) Ist das aber eine Überraschung, mein Gutester… Wie geht es Ihnen? Lomow. Ich danke Ihnen. Und Sie, wie befinden...

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