The Schoolmistress opens with one of Chekhov’s most affecting images: a young woman riding alone by cart through the spring countryside toward the town where she will collect her salary, overtaken suddenly by memory and longing. It is a characteristic Chekhov story — nothing happens, and everything is felt. The collection gathers further tales in the same understated, deeply humane vein.
These stories reward slow, attentive reading and repay rereading even more. This free EPUB download makes them available anywhere your device goes.