Anton Chekhov
The Man In A Case Anton Chekhov AT the furthest end of the village of Mironositskoe some belated sportsmen lodged for the night in the elder Prokofy's barn. There were two of them, the veterinary surgeon Ivan Ivanovitch and the schoolmaster Burkin. Ivan Ivanovitch had a rather strange double-barrelled surname -- Tchimsha-
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www.livrosgratis.com.br › the-man-in-a-caseAnd his umbrella was in a case, and his w atch was in a case made of gre y chamois leather, and when he took out his penknife to sharpen h i s pencil, his penknife, too, was in a little case; and his face see med to be in a case too, because he alwa ys hid it in his turned-up collar.
The Man in a Case - New York University
medhum.med.nyu.edu › view › 1075A fascinating story of character. Chekhov uses the device of a tale within a tale. Two men (Burkin and Ivan Ivanovitch) are lodged for the night in a barn and swapping stories; Burkin tells Byelikov's tale as an example of people "who try to retreat into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail." At the end of the tale, the two friends look at ...
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americanliterature.com › the-man-in-a-caseThe Man In A Case by Anton Chekhov. The 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.