«The Death of a Government Clerk» in Russian with a Parallel Translation

Book The Death of a Government Clerk (Смерть чиновника) in Russian
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Original title: 
Смерть чиновника
Language: 
Russian
Difficulty: 
C1
Year: 
1883
Number of pages: 
3

"The Death of a Government Clerk" is a story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, published in 1883. The official Ivan Dmitrich Chervyakov is in the center of the plot. Once in the theater, he accidentally sneezes at a state general, asks for forgiveness, but continues to worry about his act. This event haunts Chervyakov, so he does everything to improve.