Gooseberries /
Anton Chekhov ; translated by Ronald Wilks.
- London : Penguin Classics, c2015.
- 55 pages: 17 cm.
- Penguin little black classics; no.34 .
Includes index
While taking a walk in the country, veterinarian Ivan Ivanych and high school teacher Burkin are surprised by a sudden downpour, which prompts them to take shelter at the home of their friend Alekhin. Lighting his pipe and selttling in, Ivan Ivanych shares the story of his brother, for whom life in this country, symbolized by a heaping plate of gooseberries, has become an overriding obsession.
in English
9780141397092
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1860-1904; Manners and customs; Russia --Translations into English; Russia--Social life and customs--Fiction; Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich,