Civil Servant – Chekhov Shorts

#022 A Small Fry

Posted on February 27, 2014 / Updated February 27, 2014 by Travis Richardson

Today’s story comes in at 1358 words. http://www.chekhovshorts.com/stories/022.html Travis Review: Small Fry is not a great story. A lowly civil servant has to work on Easter eve while the rest of the town is out celebrating and feels awful about it. An alternate title could be “Fear and Self-Loathing in a Government Office.” It’s not …

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#006 The Death of A Government Clerk

Posted on February 5, 2014 / Updated February 4, 2014 by Travis Richardson

Coming in at a few words over 1000 is a story that lives up to it’s name: http://www.chekhovshorts.com/stories/006.html Travis Review: I feel we’re not getting Chekhov at his top form here. He is a 22 year old medical student writing a several quick stories in a popular Russian magazine called Oskolki (Fragments) to pay for school and support his …

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