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An Anonymous Story
An Anonymous Story

An Anonymous Story

Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov

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"An Anonymous Story" by Anton Chekhov is a short story that explores various themes such as exploited women, social conventions, and the dangers of being a superfluous man. The story revolves around an Anonymous Narrator who wants to be a revolutionary and gets hired as a flunky in the household of the young aristocrat Orlov to spy on him for the Cause. Orlov seduces a beautiful woman named Zinaida Fyodorovna away from her husband but quickly loses interest in her. The story is a commentary on the frivolous nature of the aristocracy and the consequences of societal norms on human happiness."

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