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Vankais one of chekhovs many stories with a childfamily separation theme, based on his own experience supported himself through school, and sending money to the rest of his family in moscow. Born the son of a grocer and the grandson of a serf in taganrog, a seacoast town in southern russia, anton chekhov18601904 began writing humorous tales to support himself while studying medicine at. The main characters of this short stories, fiction story are. Anton chekhov, walter zimmerman, jimcin recordings. Anton chekhov was a russian doctor who turned to fiction as a hobby, and quickly blossomed into one of the masters of the short story genre. Anthony the great 17 january old style 29 january 1860 in taganrog, a port on the sea of azov in southern russia. In this collection, youll find 201 translated stories presented in the order of their publication.
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