A Malefactor
Author: Anton Chekhov
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Languages: RU, English
Genre: Historical, Satire, Short story
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An illiterate peasant, Denis Grigoryev, cannot understand why taking railway nuts for fishing weights makes him a criminal in an investigator’s eyes.
Characters
- Denis Grigoryev — a poor peasant accused of unscrewing railway nuts: A practical, naïve fisherman who sincerely cannot see the danger in what he has done.
- the investigating magistrate — the official examining Denis: An impatient representative of the law, for whom the obvious danger needs no explanation.
- Ivan Semyonovitch Akinfov — the railway watchman: The watchman who found Denis by the railway line.