In one of this author's stories, a little boy gets drunk and wails "Go away, stove!" leading to his mother giving him castor-oil as a remedy. A coffin-maker nicknamed "Bronze" who plays in a klezmer orchestra in his spare time overcomes his anti-Semitism after his wife Marfa dies in another story by this man. The line "the most complicated and difficult part was just beginning" ends a story by this author in which von Dideritz's (DEE-duh-ritz) wife is startled to encounter the protagonist at a performance of The (*) Geisha (GAY-shuh). This auth
In one of this author's stories, a little boy gets drunk and wails "Go away, stove!" leading to his mother giving him castor-oil as a remedy. A coffin-maker nicknamed "Bronze" who plays in a klezmer orchestra in his spare time overcomes his anti-Semitism after his wife Marfa dies in another story by this man. The line "the most complicated and difficult part was just beginning" ends a story by this author in which von Dideritz's (DEE-duh-ritz) wife is startled to encounter the protagonist at a performance of The (*) Geisha (GAY-shuh). This author of "Grisha" and "Rothschild's Violin" wrote a story about the affair between Dmitri Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna (SIR-gay-EV-nah). Constantin Stanislavski (STAN-is-LAV-skee) revived the reputation of a play by this man that features a love triangle between the ingenue Nina Zarechnaya (ZUH-reck-NAI-uh), the playwright Treplev, and the popular writer Trigorin. For 10 points, name this Russian author of "The Lady with the Lapdog" and The Seagull.
In one of this author's stories, a little boy gets drunk and wails "Go away, stove!"
Anton Chekhov [or Anton Pavlovich Chekhov]