A Gentleman Friend
Author: Anton Chekhov
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Languages: RU, English
Genre: Romance, Satire, Short story
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Penniless after leaving hospital, Vanda visits a dentist she knows to ask for a loan, but shame makes her pose as an ordinary patient and surrender her last rouble for an extracted tooth.
Characters
- Vanda (Nastasya Kanavkina) — a young woman known as Vanda: She leaves hospital without money or shelter; in plain clothes she loses her usual boldness and is ashamed to ask for help.
- Finkel — a dentist and acquaintance of Vanda: He does not recognize, or does not show that he recognizes, Vanda, extracts her tooth, and asks for his fee.
- the maid — a servant in Finkel’s rooms: Her silent presence deepens Vanda’s embarrassment and keeps her from asking for money.