Jan 6, 2010

Gusev | Gusev

At a glance:

Author: Anton Chekhov
First Published: 1890
Type of Plot: Character study
Time of Work: 1890
Setting: A ship at sea
Principal Characters: Pavel Ivanych, Gusev
Genres: Short fiction, Character study, Sketch
Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Intellectuals, Criticism, Death or dying, Ships, Sick persons, Military life or service, Life, philosophy of, Tuberculosis, Peasantry or peasants
Locales: Oceans

The Story

Anton Chekhov's brief tale traces the thoughts and interactions of two sick men being transported in a ship infirmary from the Far East back to their native Russia. The first, an intellectual named Pavel Ivanych, delivers several angry speeches in which he criticizes injustice in Russian society. The second, a peasant soldier on an indefinite leave resulting from a severe case of consumption, listens only intermittently to Pavel Ivanych, preferring to think of life in his native village.

With these two characters, Chekhov presents two differing approaches to...

[The entire page is 1429 words long]

Gusev | Gusev

At a glance:

The Story

Join eNotes