Careless

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Anton Chekhov

Careless , also Careless ( Russian: Неосторожность , Neostoroschnost ), is a short story by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov , which appeared on February 21, 1887 in No. 8 of the St. Petersburg humorous weekly Oskolki . During the author's lifetime, the text was translated into German, Polish, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian and Czech. On June 7, 1946, Radio Munich broadcast the little story under the title Punished Carelessness .

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The widowed Pyotr Petrovich Strishin - a bigot - does not drink and only reads spiritual and moral books. But after he had drunk against his habit at a christening party and came home two o'clock in the morning, he wanted to continue drinking. On quiet feet - the sleeping sister-in-law Daschenka, an old maid, shouldn't notice anything - he sneaks in the dark to the cupboard where he suspects the liquor bottle is in and allows himself one.

It seems to him that he swallowed dynamite instead of vodka. He holds his breath for over a minute. There is a smell of petroleum in the room. It burns in the mouth. Stars twinkle before your eyes. Bells ring in your head.

The apparently poisoned man wakes his housewife Daschenka with: "... I'm dying ... I ... drank petroleum." Daschenka, drunk with sleep, wonders which drink was served to the brother-in-law at the party and asks what the newborn's name was. When Strishin confesses his sin, Daschenka - her head full of curls - jumps out of bed and complains about the waste of expensive fuel for her lamp . Strishin, who is concerned not with money but with his own life, rushes from one doctor to another through the city in the middle of the night, but nothing is opened for him. He's lucky with the pharmacist. When the sleepy pharmacist learns of Strishin's mishap, he fetches one of his specialist books, reads it, pulls out a second book and sends the customer to the doctor after reading it. Strishin goes home. The ringing in the ears is almost unbearable. Strishin fears cardiac arrest . Is the mouth burned? The throat itches.

In a morning conversation with Daschenka, the poisoned man wonders why he is still alive. That is no wonder, replies the maiden. No, "the petroleum is no good!"

filming

  • 1998, Russia , VID-TV and Chekhov Art Theater Moscow : Chekhov and Company , Season 3 (Russian) by Sinowi Roisman, Dmitri Brusnikin and Alexander Feklistow with Vladimir Kaschpur as Strishin, Natalja Tenjakowa as Daschenka and Vladimir Gurkin as pharmacist.
  • September 19, 2014, Moscow, Compagnie Insol Telekom : Careless . Short film (14 min, Russian) by Natalja Tupitschkina with Wiktor Dolgow as Strishin and Olga Suslowa as Daschenka on YouTube .

German-language editions

Used edition

  • Careless. P. 365–369 in Gerhard Dick (ed.) And Wolf Düwel (ed.): Anton Chekhov: Das Schwedische Zündholz. Short stories and early narratives. German by Georg Schwarz. 668 pages. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1965 (1st edition)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Note on pp. 635–636 in the FEB under A carelessness (Russian)
  2. ↑ S. 222, 4. Zvo in Rüdiger Bolz: Radio and literature under American control. Radio Munich's programs from 1945–1949 . Harrassowitz Verlag , Wiesbaden 1991, ISBN 3-447-02869-6 (Diss. Munich 1987)
  3. ↑ Edition used, p. 366, 10th Zvu
  4. ↑ Edition used, p. 369, 16. Zvo
  5. ↑ Russian ВИD
  6. ↑ Russian Чехов и Ко
  7. ↑ Russian Ройзман, Зиновий Александрович
  8. ↑ Russian Брусникин, Дмитрий Владимирович
  9. ↑ Russian Кашпур, Владимир Терентьевич
  10. ↑ Russian Тенякова, Наталья Максимовна
  11. ↑ Russian Гуркин, Владимир Павлович
  12. ↑ Entry in WorldCat