A collection of Short Stories by Anton Chekhov featuring 'A Tragic Actor' 'In A Strange Land' 'Oh The Public' 'The Looking Glass' 'Her Husband' and 'Overdoing It' read in English unabridged. These stories are small masterpieces. The scene is set quickly and within a few sentences the story line is underway. But all seem to contain an element of the unexpected.
In 'A Tragic Actor' a man who believes he is destined for great things but his life does not turn out as planned. The protagonist Alexander Ivanovich Petrov is a struggling actor who has never had much success. He spends his days working at a small theatre in a small town and his nights drinking and dreaming of the day when he will finally make it big.
