Anyuta
Author: Anton Chekhov
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Languages: RU, English, Spanish, FI, Chinese
Genre: Historical, Romance, Short story
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Poor Anyuta patiently serves as a model for a medical student and an artist until the student’s dreams of a respectable future drive him to a cruel decision.
Characters
- Anyuta — a young seamstress and Klotchkov’s companion: A quiet, impoverished woman who endures cold, humiliation, and ingratitude.
- Stepan Klotchkov — a third-year medical student: He drills anatomy on Anyuta’s body and judges their poverty against his imagined future as a doctor.
- Fetisov — an artist and Klotchkov’s acquaintance: He borrows Anyuta as a model for his Psyche and shames Klotchkov for the filthy room.