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Gooseberries

Name: Gooseberries
Author: Anton Chekhov

Anton ChekhovOriginal title Крыжовник (Russian, 1898)

"Gooseberries" is an 1898 short story by Anton Chekhov, the second one in what has later become known as 'The Little Trilogy', along with "The Man in the Case" and "About Love".

“It has become customary to say that a man needs only six feet of land. But a corpse needs six feet, not a person.”

Anton Chekhov book Gooseberries

Gooseberries (1898)

“Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.”

Anton Chekhov book Gooseberries

Gooseberries (1898)

“At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people.”

Anton Chekhov book Gooseberries

Gooseberries (1898)

“He is no longer a city dweller who has even once in his life caught a ruff or seen how, on clear and cool autumn days, flocks of migrating thrushes drift over a village. Until his death he will be drawn to freedom.”

Anton Chekhov book Gooseberries

Gooseberries (1898)

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