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Classic Reader: A Gentleman Friend by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "A Gentleman Friend" by Anton Chekhov about a penniless woman who visits a man she met in a cafe with the goal of asking to borrow money.
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Classic Reader: The Grasshopper by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "The Grasshopper" by Anton Chekhov.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Lady With the Dog

For Students 9th - 10th
This Chekhov tale The Lady with the Dog was writen in 1899. Read about the characters, important themes and quotations in this insightful site.
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Classic Reader: Difficult People by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story Difficult People by Anton Chekhov.
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Classic Reader: "A Doctor's Visit" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "A Doctor's Visit" by Anton Chekhov.
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Classic Reader: The Cattle Dealers by Anton Chekhov

For Students 7th - 9th
Read the short story "The Cattle-Dealers" by Anton Chekhov.
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Classic Reader: The Chemist's Wife by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the short story "The Chemist's Wife" by Anton Chekhov about a chemist's wife who progresses from sleeplessness and boredom to the realization that she is truly unhappy.
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Classic Reader: Children by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the short story "Children" by Anton Chekhov about children who stay up late and play lotto.
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Classic Reader: The Chorus Girl by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the short story "The Chorus Girl" by Anton Chekhov that revolves around the themes of adultery, trust, guilt, and loneliness.
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Classic Reader: A Chameleon by Anton Chekhov

For Students 7th - 9th
Read the short story "A Chameleon" by Anton Chekhov about a policeman who is bothered by a man looking for easy money.
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Classic Reader: Champagne: A Wayfarer's Story by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the short story "Champagne: A Wayfarer's Story" by Anton Chekhov about a man who does not love his wife and is bitter about his circumstances so he drowns his sorrow in alcohol.
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Classic Reader: A Classical Student by Anton Chekhov

For Students 7th - 9th
Read the short story "A Classical Student" by Anton Chekhov.
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Classic Reader: My Life. The Story of a Provincial by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel My Life. The Story of a Provincial by Anton Chekhov. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Classic Reader: "Ward 6" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
"Ward 6" takes place in a mental asylum with dilapidated conditions. Read the full text of this Anton Chekhov short story on this site.
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Drama Circle

Drama Circle: A Brief History of Russian Drama (Before 1900)

For Students 9th - 10th
This summary of Russian plays and playwrights begins with the 18th century comic playwright, Denis Ivanov Fonvizin and continues through Anton Chekov, with two or three sentence summaries about ten writers and their works.
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Other

The Anton Chekhov Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal page has everything you want to know about the Russian author Anton Chekhov and more! It includes links to everything imaginable about Chekhov such as online text to some of his stories, articles and essays about Chekhov,...
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Katherine Mansfield

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical sketch of New Zealand-born British fiction writer Katherine Mansfield, a contemporary of Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence.
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Curated OER

[Anton Chekhov Photo]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about Anton Chekhov, and includes links to the text of 201 of his short stories.