Человек в футляре
The Man in a Case
Two hunters spend the night in a barn, and the schoolmaster tells of a Greek teacher who lived in dread of anything not allowed and almost married. The first story of Chekhov's little trilogy.
The opening
На самом краю села Мироносицкого, в сарае старосты Прокофия расположились на ночлег запоздавшие охотники.
AT the furthest end of the village of Mironositskoe some belated sportsmen lodged for the night in the elder Prokofy’s barn.
Их было только двое: ветеринарный врач Иван Иваныч и учитель гимназии Буркин.
There were two of them, the veterinary surgeon Ivan Ivanovitch and the schoolmaster Burkin.
Translation
- Constance Garnett, The Wife and Other Stories (The Tales of Chekhov, vol. 5), 1918Garnett's complete translation.Public Domain
4177 words, about 32 minutes of reading.
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