A Tedious StoryA Tedious Story
A Tedious Story from an Old Man’s JournalBy Anton Chekhov Influenced by the death of his brother Nicolay from tuberculosis, Chekhov’s novella “A Tedious Story (From An Old Man’s Journal)”
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Bartleby, the ScrivenerBartleby, the Scrivener
Bartleby, the ScrivenerBy Herman Melville In an October 1939 radio broadcast Winston Churchill described his difficulty in understanding the actions of Russia by saying “it is a riddle, wrapped in
Ward No. 6Ward No. 6
Ward No. 6By Anton Chekhov Perhaps one of Chekov’s most famous and profound descriptions of human misery,” Ward Six” describes the deplorable conditions of a rundown hospital in the hinterlands