Gooseberries | Related Titles/Adaptations

Gooseberries is the middle story in a trilogy of Chekhov's tales, the first titled "The Man in a Shell" and the last titled "About Love." All are united in theme, particularly on the theme of isolation and escape from life. They also all comment on Tolstoy's short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need."

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