My wife

Chekhov is also considered a master of the modern short story. It is in the short narrative that the Russian author best conveys, through subtle portrayals of everyday life, his vision of humanity, which is both bleak and passionate, as can be seen in My Wife. In this book, through the excessively conceited and critical gaze of Pavel Andreyevich, a wealthy former Ministry of Communications official, and the cold and tense relationship he maintains with his wife, we are transported to the deep, rural Russia of the 19th century, with all its problems and conflicts. A magnificent work, in an excellent version by Luiz Pacheco, in which one can breathe the feeling of despondency and powerlessness of Russian society in the face of the misfortune of its people.