THE MAN IN THE CASE by ANTON CHEKHOV

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

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🗓️ 5 September 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Chekhov's 1898 story "The Man In A Case", like many of his stories, was a comment on the social and political atmosphere prevalent in Russia at the time, and for that he was criticized often. This story was the first part of what has become known as "The Little Trilogy", along with "Gooseberries" (coming next week) and "About Love" (now in our archives ). Interestingly enough, a statue of the main character, Belikov, clad in galoshes and carrying an umbrella, stands next to the Chekhov gymnasium in Taganrog, Russia, in Chekhov's honor. Belikov was based upon a real character A.F. Dyakanov, who was the inspector for that city's gymnasium during the years Chekov wrote. He wrote the story while he lived in Paris. Get all of our shows at one website: https://.1001storiespodcast.com REVIEWS NEEDED . My email works as well for comments: [email protected] SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! https://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at Apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 History's Best Storytellers (Interviews) on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW Enjoy 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-sherlock-holmes-stories-best-sir-arthur-conan/id1534427618 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6rzDb5uFdOhfw5X6P5lkWn 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/1001-stories-for-the-road Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Stitcher here: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr. 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5P4hV28LgpG89dRNMfSDKJ 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories (& Tales from Arthur Conan Doyle) https://open.spotify.com/show/4dIgYvBwZVTN5ewF0JPaTK 1001 History's Best Storytellers: (interviews) on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/1001-historys-best-storytellers Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to https://1001storiespodcast.com- our home website with Megaphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the The Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories and tales.
0:33.6	Today's story, The Man in a Case by Anton Chekhov.
0:38.2	The Man in a Case is one of Anton Chekhov's most famous short stories,
0:42.4	dealing with the idea that there are people in the
0:44.3	world solitary by temperament who try to retreat into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail.
0:50.6	It uses a tale within a tale to relate the story of Bealikov who progresses from an emotional
0:55.9	shell to a real wooden one.
0:59.2	This great short story is part of a trilogy marked by the appearance of the two characters
1:03.0	Birken and Ivan Ivan Ivan Ivanovich. The other two stories in the trilogy are
1:07.6	Gooseberries and About Love and we've done About Love that's in our archives and you can search it if you're trying to put the three together and we'll bring gooseberries next week.
1:19.0	And now the man in a case by Anton Chekhov.
1:27.6	At the furthest end of the village of Mirin Ositsko, some belated sportsman lodged for the night in the elder Prokofi's barn. There were two of them, the Veterinary surgeon Ivan Ivan Ivanovich and the schoolmaster
1:36.3	Birken. Ivan Ivanovitch had a rather strange double-barreled surname, Chimja
1:42.3	Himalaysky, which did not suit him at all, and he was called simply
1:46.4	Ivan Ivanovitch all over the province. He lived at a stud farm near the town, and had come out shooting now to get a breath of fresh air.
1:55.4	Birken, the high school teacher, stayed every summer at Count Peas and had been thoroughly
1:59.6	at home in this district for years.
2:02.4	They did not sleep.
2:03.4	Ivan Ivanovitch, a tall lean old fellow with long mustaches,
2:07.8	was sitting outside the door, smoking a pipe in the moonlight.
2:11.0	Birkin was lying within on the hay and could not be seen in the darkness.
2:16.2	They were telling each other all sorts of stories.
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