Project Gutenberg 2004-09-09 Public domain in the USA. 570 Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich 1860 1904 Chekov, Anton Pavlovich Чехов, Антон Павлович Tchekhov, Anton Tshehov, Anton Tchekhoff, Anton Tschechow, Anton Tchekoff, Anton Garnett, Constance 1861 1946 Black, Constance Clara Love, and Other Stories Love -- Lights -- A story without an end -- Mari D'Elle -- A living chattel -- The doctor -- Too early! -- The Cossack -- Aborigines -- An inquiry -- Martyrs -- The lion and the sun -- A daughter of Albion -- Choristers -- Nerves -- A work of art -- A joke -- A country cottage -- A blunder -- Fat and thin -- The death of a government clerk -- A pine stocking -- At a summer villa. Produced by James Rusk HTML file produced by David Widger "Love, and Other Stories" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a collection of short stories written during the late 19th century. The opening tale, "Love," focuses on the experience of a young man who is deeply infatuated with Sasha, a girl he has met. The narrative captures the ebb and flow of his emotions as he navigates the journey of falling in love, from the anticipation of writing a love letter to the complexities of engagement and romantic connection. At the start of the story, the protagonist vividly describes the blissful feelings that accompany his newfound romance with Sasha, which he reveals through the intimate process of writing her a love letter late at night. The scene shifts between his nostalgic recollections of their interactions and the excitement of their rendezvous in a secluded park, where he contemplates their secret affair, only to find Sasha absorbed more in the romantic mystique of the situation than in their actual relationship. As the story progresses, the realities of engagement surface—highlighting the mundane aspects of preparations and familial obligations—leading him to reflect on the discrepancies between his expectations of love and the realities of married life he experiences after their wedding. Through this introspective lens, Chekhov delves into themes of love’s idealism versus its lived experience, ultimately illustrating both the enchantment and disillusionment that can accompany romantic relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Translations into English PG Text Category: Short Stories Category: Russian Literature 456910 2025-07-06T05:21:04.047170 text/html 456270 2024-10-28T20:23:05 text/html 235744 2025-07-06T05:21:11.840127 application/epub+zip 242447 2025-07-06T05:21:06.996155 application/epub+zip 223266 2025-07-06T05:21:05.783153 application/epub+zip 403202 2025-07-06T05:21:15.530082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374648 2025-07-06T05:21:11.064138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343889 2022-09-07T02:04:18.274886 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381201 2023-10-06T09:08:22.704885 text/plain 361469 2024-10-28T20:23:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18461 2025-07-06T05:21:15.661068 application/rdf+xml 10340 2025-07-06T05:21:06.274122 image/jpeg 2787 2025-07-06T05:21:06.027133 image/jpeg 230970 2025-07-06T05:21:04.080180 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia