The Wife, and Other Stories

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (translated by Constance Garnett)

Credits: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (author)

Summary

Constance Garnett's translation of Chekhov stories, among them 'The Wife', 'A Dreary Story' and 'The Man in a Case'. Provincial doctors, landowners and clerks muddle through marriage and duty. Understated, humane and very funny at turns. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.

Chapters (9)

  1. 1. The Wife
  2. 2. Difficult People
  3. 3. The Grasshopper
  4. 4. A Dreary Story
  5. 5. The Privy Councillor
  6. 6. The Man in a Case
  7. 7. Gooseberries
  8. 8. About Love
  9. 9. The Lottery Ticket

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