The Man in a Case by Anton Chekhov - Goodreads
www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Person in a Case by Anton Chekhov Is a story about Belikov – teacher of a Greece language in school. His motto throughout the story is to “make sure that nothing happens.” He is so paranoid and scared by everything in his life, that he even can’t marry a girl who he loves because he is afraid that something bad is going to happened from it.
Anton Chekhov's Prose › The Man in a Case - Middlebury College
sites.middlebury.edu › drchekhov › the-man-in-a-caseThe Man in a Case. Full Text. Synopsis: The Man in a Case is a classic frame story told by Burkin, a high school teacher, to his friend Ivan Ivanych, a veterinarian. The pair have been hunting near the village of Mironositskoe and have rested for the night in the shed of the headman Prokofy. As the two settle in for the night, Burkin begins to tell the story Belikov, a solitary and eccentric Greek teacher at the same high school, who had recently passed away.
The Man In A Case - American Literature
americanliterature.com › the-man-in-a-caseThe Man in a Case is one of Anton Chekhov's most famous short stories. Dealing with the idea that there are "people in the world, solitary by temperament, who try to retreat into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail," it uses a tale within a tale to relate the story of Byelikov who progresses from an emotional "shell" to a real wooden one. This great short story is part of a trilogy marked by the appearance of the two characters Burkin and Ivan Ivanovich.