A Pink Stocking
Author: Anton Chekhov
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Languages: RU, English
Genre: Romance, Satire, Short story
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Somov reproaches his wife for ignorance, only for his own views on women's education to prove hypocritical.
Characters
- Pavel Petrovitch Somov — a bored husband: Out of boredom he reads his wife's letter and berates her for its incoherence and her ignorance.
- Lidotchka — Somov's wife: She writes a long letter to her sister Varya and meekly accepts her husband's reproaches.