A Letter to a Knowledgeable Neighbor
A life filled with question marks and exclamation points
He and She
Fat and thin
cave
Living Chronicle
Life is beautiful!
children
sorrow
Memorial Mass
Banka
lottery ticket
happiness
In the typology
neighbors
house with an attic
Man in a Box
About love
A woman walking a dog

Commentary on the work
Author's chronology

“If there is one truth that has never been disputed, it is this: ‘The mystery of love is very great.’
“All the other things people have written and talked about about love are not explanations, but rather only raising unresolved questions.” - From “On Love”

For some reason, this very ordinary word suddenly made Gurov angry.
It felt insulting and unclean.
What barbaric habits and barbaric people! What meaningless nights, what uninteresting days! Frantic card games, gluttony, binge-drinking, the same old conversations.
Aren't we robbing ourselves of our best years and healthiest strengths with useless incidents and cliched conversations?
In the end, all that remains is a life with its tail cut off and its wings clipped, and nothing but empty words.
It's like being locked in a mental hospital or a forced labor camp, with no escape or escape! - From "The Woman with the Dog"

“Me?”
Grandfather laughed lightly.

“Hmm! ......If you just find it, I’ll show everyone an example......
Hmm! ......I know what I have to do.......”

The old man could not answer what he would do with the treasure if he found it.
This question seemed to have occurred to me for the first time in my life, perhaps only this morning.
Judging by the old man's frivolous and indifferent expression, this seemed to him to be a matter of little importance, not even worth thinking about.
Another doubt swirled in Sanka's mind.
Why are only the elderly seeking treasure? What use is earthly happiness to those who don't know when they will die? But Sanka couldn't question this suspicion.
After all, even the old man wouldn't have been able to answer him.
-From "Happiness"

"About Love," a collection of carefully selected short stories by Anton Chekhov, who wrote over 500 works throughout his life, contains nineteen heartwarming and witty stories, including the title story, "About Love."
"On Love" calmly tells the intertwined fates of a married woman and a country landowner, asking about the true meaning of love; "The Oyster" depicts the tragic fantasy of a child who suffers from cold and hunger while wandering the streets with his father who has been searching for a job for five months; "Sorrow" tells the sad story of a coachman who misses his recently deceased son and tries to confess his sorrow to someone but is repeatedly turned away; "Vanka" poignantly depicts the miserable life of a nine-year-old boy who becomes an apprentice to a mean shoemaker after losing his parents; "In Exile" reflects the author's experience in Siberia and the thoughts of Tolstoy; and "The House with the Attic" criticizes the hardships of the people of his time, poor working conditions, and poverty through a fierce debate between a man who defends pure art and individual freedom and a woman who actively participates in reality and seeks enlightenment and reform. From these works, you can comprehensively view Chekhov's works spanning his entire life. Major works are included.