While his restless wife watches, the chemist snores contentedly,
smiling at his dream -- that the whole village has a cough and are
buying his curative syrup!
Then she hears outside two shadowed figures, a doctor and an
officer, talking between themselves . . . about the chemist with
the oversized jaw of an ass, and his ever-so-contrasting,
so-fetching wife! Then the doorbell rings. Soon the chemist's wife
finds herself hosting a small midnight party, gazing upon their
ruddy faces and listening to their chatter -- and soon she, too,
grows quite lively. Oh, she feels so gay! The dead weight pressing
her down on this heavy summer night lifts completely . . .
Chekhov's unerring insight into the turbulent emotions that stir
men and women, in "The Chemist's Wife" and the others to be found
within "The Duel and Other Stories," instills his gemlike fiction
with a still-undiminished power.
General
Imprint: |
Aegypan
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2008 |
First published: |
July 2008 |
Authors: |
Anton Chekhov
|
Translators: |
Constance Garnett
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
180 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60664-771-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
LSN: |
1-60664-771-7 |
Barcode: |
9781606647714 |
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