CHEKHOV, ANYONE?

Uprooted What did I get from this story? People are searching for meaning. For a place to belong. That some are willing to give up everythi...

The Murder This wasn't an easy story to read. I kept going back to it -- and after a few pages I'd fall asleep. Maybe I've rea...

A Nightmare Don't judge a book by its cover. Reminds a bit of Mamet's play Oleanna. We see everything at first from the point...

Easter Eve A ferry. Life and death. A monastery. A monk with a special gift. Unappreciated. Except by Ieronim, the ferryman. Ni...

The Letter "To err is human, to forgive divine." That's the message. It's easy to blame and make others feel guilty. ...

The Bishop The bishop lived. The bishop died. He enjoyed his life. Parts of it. In the end as he is dying of Typhoid -- something is gn...

Peasants They are poor, dirty, noisy, lazy, drunkards -- but human beings. Chekhov doesn't spare anything in his description of the p...