The Looking-Glass
Author: Anton Chekhov
Read “The Looking-Glass” by Anton Chekhov in Russian and English in Bibliott on your phone and tablet.
Languages: RU, English
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Short story
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On New Year’s Eve, Nellie sees in a mirror an imagined future of marriage, love, anxiety, and loss.
Characters
- Nellie — a landowner-general’s daughter: A young woman who dreams of marriage and imagines its cost.
- Stepan Lukitch — the district doctor: The exhausted doctor whom Nellie seeks in her vision.
- the husband — Nellie's imagined husband: In the vision he lies dangerously ill and she cannot get help for him.