The expensive dog

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Anton Chekhov

The expensive dog ( Russian Дорогая собака , Dorogaja sobaka ) is a short story by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov , which appeared on November 9, 1885 in the weekly Oskolki . During the author's lifetime, the text was translated into German, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Swedish, Czech and Hungarian. The translation into German by Wladimir Czumikow was published by Diederichs in Leipzig in 1901 .

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Lieutenant Dubow wants to get rid of his dog Milka and has identified his friend, the volunteer Knaps, as a potential buyer. The allegedly thoroughbred English setter is said to cost only two hundred rubles . Because Knaps throws in a "but", the lieutenant has no time to hunt and Milka will probably die without a job, Dubow wants to surrender his famous hunting dog for a hundred and then for fifty. Knaps criticizes the dog's female gender. The lieutenant argues. The animal is a male . Dubow bought a round of cognac, added milk to the female sex, crossed out the advantages of bitches and lowered the price to twenty-five. Knaps admits he has no kopeck in his pocket. Nevertheless, the lieutenant and his friend eat a portion of scrambled eggs from the pan. After the tasty meal, Dubow wants to give Milka to Knaps as a present. The volunteer is reluctant; says he doesn't need a dog. Suddenly Dubow gets in a bad mood and scolds Milka for a disgusting mutt, a mixture of farm dog and pig. Wachramejew, the lieutenant's boy, is supposed to take Milka to the skinner tomorrow .

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  • Gerhard Dick (Hrsg.), Wolf Düwel (Hrsg.): Anton Chekhov: Collected works in individual volumes : The expensive dog . P. 413–416 in: Gerhard Dick (Ed.): Anton Chekhov: From rain to 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)

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  1. ↑ Note under The expensive dog (Russian) in the FEB, pp. 495–496
  2. ↑ Russian ВИD
  3. ↑ Russian Чехов и Ко
  4. ↑ Russian Ройзман, Зиновий Александрович
  5. ↑ Russian Брусникин, Дмитрий Владимирович
  6. ↑ Russian Шкаликов, Сергей Валерьевич
  7. ↑ Entry in WorldCat