The Man in a Case
Original title: Человек в футляре (Russian)
Credits: Антон Павлович Чехов (author)
Summary
Belikov, a teacher of Greek, goes about in galoshes and wraps himself in rules and fears, and terrorises a whole town with his timidity. When he is nearly engaged, his colleagues' mockery lets loose a comedy with a sad end.
Written by claude-haiku-5-5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.
English translation: the published chapter is available.