EAN: 9781847499011

THE LOOKING GLASS AND OTHER STORIES - ANTON CHE...

It is New Year's Eve  and Nellie  the pretty daughter of a landowning general  is sitting in
her room looking in the mirror. Although she is tired and her eyes are half closed  she is
spellbound as the reflection in the looking glass dissolves into a sea of grey mist  in which
she starts to discern the beloved features of her fiancé. As in a diorama  the scene keeps
changing  and to the early snapshots of joyful marital life succeed other  more sinister images
of care  sickness and bereavement  casting a long shadow onto the girl's future. With 'The
Looking Glass' Chekhov captured the very essence of the Russian soul. This short story  along
with the others included in this collection  demonstrates why he is considered the absolute
master of the genre.

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