Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: Stories

Pasha, is an aging ingnue who is suddenly confronted by the slim, prim and intimidating wife of one of her legion of gift-bearing admirers. Out of guilt and sentimentality, Pasha accedes to the aggrieved wife's demand to return all of the gifts that her husband has given, although this unfaithful husband among the many has given her only two inexpensive items. The dozen stories in this collection also include "Rothschild's Fiddle,".a village undertaker who realizes too late what an angry..