The Death of a Government Clerk
At the opera one fine evening, the clerk Tchervyakov sneezes, and sprays the bald head of a general sitting in front of him.
Anton Chekhov was a Russian writer known for quietly observant stories about ordinary people, their hopes, and their disappointments. Here you can read stories including “Vanka,” “The Bet,” and “The Lady with the Dog,” or listen to them read aloud; every story is free to read or listen to.
A Chameleon
A dog has bitten a goldsmith in the market square, and Police Superintendent Otchumyelov is ready to punish it.
A Work of Art
A grateful young man gives his doctor a valuable antique candelabra, decorated with figures far too shocking to keep on a doctor's desk.
The Student
On a cold Good Friday evening, a young theology student stops by a fire where two widows are warming themselves, and tells them the story of Peter's denial of Christ.
The Cook's Wedding
Seven-year-old Grisha watches through the keyhole as the grown-ups arrange a husband for Pelageya the cook, a cabman she hardly seems to want.
The Lottery Ticket
Ivan Dmitritch reads the winning numbers in the paper and his wife's lottery ticket seems to match.
The Chorus Girl
Pasha, a chorus girl, is visited by the wife of a man who has been courting her.
About Love
After a dinner in a country house, a landowner tells his guests about a woman he loved for years, and the one thing that neither of them ever said.
Gooseberries
A clerk spends his whole life saving to buy a little estate where he can grow his own gooseberries.
The Darling
Olenka loves with all her heart, and always someone: the manager of a struggling theatre, then a timber merchant, then a vet, taking on each one's opinions as her own.
The Man in a Case
Belikov, a teacher of Greek, goes out in galoshes and wool and an umbrella even on a sunny day, and frightens a whole town with his love of rules.
The Lady with the Dog
On holiday in Yalta, a bored married man begins an affair with a young woman walking a little white dog.
Ward No. 6
In a filthy provincial hospital, the tired doctor in charge finds the only clever conversation in town is with a patient in the mental ward.
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