Http://www.online-literature.com/anton_chekhov/1289/ Anton Chekhov on next-door-posting, every-day-carry types of 1898, “The Man in the Case” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Case)

The Man in the Case - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

Fun. I’m reading some light socialist realism, "Stalingrad”, by Vasily Grossman, and this story came up in reference with a footnote so I tracked it down.

Photograph of the Belikov Monument next to the Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog, from Wikipedia
Figure 1. Photograph of the Belikov Monument next to the Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog, from Wikipedia.

what finally makes the man start to crack is seeing a woman on a bicycle, war never changes

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