Dec 18, 2009

A Trifling Occurrence | A Trifling Occurrence

At a glance:

Author: Anton Chekhov
First Published: 1886
Type of Plot: Psychological
Time of Work: The late nineteenth century
Setting: St. Petersburg
Principal Characters: Nikolay Ilyich Belyaev, Olga Ivanovna Irnina, Alyosha, Irnin
Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
Subjects: Children, Psychology or psychologists, Betrayal, Guilt, Emotions, Acrobatics or acrobats
Locales: St. Petersburg, Russia

The Story

The setting for the entire story is the drawing room of Olga Ivanovna Irnina, a woman who is estranged from her husband and is currently involved with Nikolay Ilyich Belyaev. The story opens with a brief description of Belyaev: He is a “well-fed,” “pink young man of about thirty-two” years of age. He has three principal activities in life: He is a “St. Petersburg landlord,” he is “very fond of the race-course,” and he has a “liaison” with Olga.

This opening establishes that, as a landlord, Belyaev lives from the labor of others; that, as a...

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A Trifling Occurrence | A Trifling Occurrence

At a glance:

The Story

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