STORIES Anton Chekhov Translated by: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky © November 2000 ISBN: 0553381008 Contents Introduction .....................................................................................................................5 Translators' Note ................................................................................................... 15 The Death of a Clerk ..................................................................................................... 16 Small Fry ......................................................................................................................... 18 The Huntsman .............................................................................................................. 20 The Malefactor ............................................................................................................... 23 Panikhida ....................................................................................................................... 25 Anyuta ........................................................................................................................... 29 Easter Night ................................................................................................................... 31 Vanka ............................................................................................................................. 38 Sleepy ............................................................................................................................. 40 A Boring Story: from an Old Man's Notes .................................................................. 44 I .............................................................................................................................. 44 II .............................................................................................................................. 52 III ............................................................................................................................ 62 IV ............................................................................................................................ 68 V ............................................................................................................................. 74 VI ............................................................................................................................ 76 Gusev ............................................................................................................................. 80 I .............................................................................................................................. 80 II .............................................................................................................................. 81 III ............................................................................................................................ 84 IV ............................................................................................................................ 85 V ............................................................................................................................. 88 Peasant Women ............................................................................................................ 89 Introduction The Fidget ..................................................................................................................... 97 I .............................................................................................................................. 97 II ............................................................................................................................. 98 III ............................................................................................................................ 101 IV ........................................................................................................................... 102 V ............................................................................................................................ 103 VI ........................................................................................................................... 106 VII ......................................................................................................................... 108 VIII ......................................................................................................................... 110 In Exile ........................................................................................................................... 112 Ward No. 6 .................................................................................................................... 118 I .............................................................................................................................. 118 II ............................................................................................................................ 120 III ............................................................................................................................ 121 IV ........................................................................................................................... 123 V ............................................................................................................................ 124 VI ........................................................................................................................... 126 VII ......................................................................................................................... 129 VIII ......................................................................................................................... 131 IX ............................................................................................................................ 131 X ............................................................................................................................ 135 XI ........................................................................................................................... 138 XII ......................................................................................................................... 139 XIII ......................................................................................................................... 141 XIV ........................................................................................................................ 142 XV ......................................................................................................................... 144 XVI ........................................................................................................................ 146 XVII ....................................................................................................................... 148 XVIII ..................................................................................................................... 149 XIX ......................................................................................................................... 151 The Black Monk ........................................................................................................... 152 I ............................................................................................................................. 152 II ............................................................................................................................ 155 III ........................................................................................................................... 157 IV ........................................................................................................................... 159 Stories V ............................................................................................................................. 161 VI ........................................................................................................................... 163 VII ......................................................................................................................... 165 VIII ........................................................................................................................ 167 IX ........................................................................................................................... 169 Rothschild's Fiddle ...................................................................................................... 172 The Student .................................................................................................................. 178 Anna on the Neck ........................................................................................................ 180 I ............................................................................................................................. 180 II ............................................................................................................................ 184 The House with the Mezzanine: An Artist's Story .................................................... 188 I ............................................................................................................................. 188 II ............................................................................................................................