Exciting experiences
Exciting experiences ( Russian Сильные ощущения , Silnyje oschtschuschtschenija ) is a short story by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov , which appeared on April 21, 1886 in the daily newspaper Peterburgskaja Gazeta . During the author's lifetime, the text was translated into German, Polish and Serbo-Croatian.
Before going to bed , an idea comes up to the jury who has to stay overnight in the Moscow District Court . Everyone should show off the most terrible moment in their life. Let's go: one of them almost drowned once. Another had given his child zinc vitriol instead of baking soda . The third person has committed two suicides. Number four tells eloquently how he fell madly in love with his Natalja. A lawyer friend had persuaded him to part with her. When it is the fifth's turn, he is interrupted by a jury who has not yet spoken. The latter draws attention to the twelve strikes of the clock on the Spassky tower and asks a question in the room. What kind of fears will the accused of murder endure in the holding cell of the court the night before the verdict?
The jury fell silent and wanted nothing more than a well-deserved sleep.
Used edition
- Gerhard Dick (ed.), Wolf Düwel (ed.): Anton Chekhov: Collected works in individual volumes : Exciting experiences. P. 522–528 in: Gerhard Dick (Ed.): Anton Chekhov: From the rain to the eaves. Short stories. Translated from Russian by Ada Knipper and Gerhard Dick. With a foreword by Wolf Düwel. 630 pages. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1964 (1st edition)
Web links
- The text
- Wikisource: Сильные ощущения (Чехов) (Russian)
- online at Lib.ru (Russian)
- online in FEB (Russian)
- Chekhov Bibliography, Entry Stories No. 387 (Russian)
- Reference to first appearance in the Laboratory of Fantastics (Russian)