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Fat and Thin

Name: Fat and Thin
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ISBN: 9781787361140

By
- Anton Chekhov
With:
- John Brown
Publisher
- Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing

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Duration: 4min
Language: English
Format
Category: Classics

"Fat and Thin" is a satirical short story by Anton Chekhov, first published in the No. 40, 1 October 1883 issue of Oskolki magazine, signed A. Chekhonte (А. Чехонте). The plot of the short story "Fat and Thin" in its original version was based on an anecdote, and the conflict between the characters arose accidentally, due to the involuntary oversight of the "Thin". At a railway station the fat one, Mischa, accidentally meets the thin one, Porfiri. The thin man travels accompanied by his wife and son. The two old school friends greet each other in an exuberant and informal manner. A conversation follows, and it is about careers of both of them as government officials.

Translators: Constance Garnett

Release date

Audiobook: 5 March 2024
Ebook: 15 January 2020