Mess (Chekhov)
Mess ( Russian Переполох , Perepoloch ) is a short story by Russian writer Anton Chekhov , in the newspaper on Feb. 3, 1886 Peterburgskaja Gazeta published. In a letter to the author of May 25, 1903, Tolstoy praised the story. During Anton Chekhov's lifetime, the text was translated into German, Polish and Serbo-Croatian.
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The young Maschenka Pavlezkaja is employed as a governess in the wealthy house of Nikolai Sergejitsch Kuschkin. When Maschenka returns a little early from a walk, she catches the landlady Fedosja Wassiljewna Kuschkina searching her room. The Kushkina has lost a two thousand ruble brooch . The other servants have fared even worse than the governess. It was stripped naked and searched.
Maschenka's parents - the father has had a professional life as a teacher - eke out a long existence. Nevertheless, the young lady wants to quit the job because of the unacceptable treatment. When she was packing up her things, the host came to see her. He wants to persuade her to stay in private. He, according to Kuschkin, took the brooch. Because his wife had gradually seized all power of disposal over the finances and assets inherited from his father. As sorry as Maschenka is, as uncertain as her future is - the governess who is suspected of theft is leaving.
Film adaptations
Used edition
- Gerhard Dick (Hrsg.), Wolf Düwel (Hrsg.): Anton Chekhov: Collected Works in Individual Volumes : Mess. P. 480–489 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)
Web links
- The text
- Wikisource: Переполох (Чехов) (Russian)
- online at Lib.ru (Russian)
- online in FEB (Russian)
- online in the Komarow library (Russian)
- Chekhov Bibliography, Entry Stories No. 360 (Russian)
- Notice of first publication and translations in the Labor der Fantastik (Russian)