The Wife, and Other Stories
By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (translated by Constance Garnett)
Cover: Vladimirka (1892), oil on canvas by Isaac Levitan (1860-1900) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1900)
Constance Garnett's translation of Chekhov stories, among them 'The Wife', 'A Dreary Story' and 'The Man in a Case'. Provincial doctors, landowners and clerks muddle through marriage and duty. Understated, humane and very funny at turns.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.