This story begins with the memorable image of smoke covering the ground of an orchard with thousands of trees arrangedin chessboard pattern to drive o frost.
This story begins with the memorable image of smoke covering the ground of an orchard with thousands of trees arrangedin chessboard pattern to drive o frost. One character in this story is surprised by the venomous words used against MonsieurGaucher in bland articles he is given to read, titled "On Intermediate Crops" and "More on Budding with Dormant Eyes." Aviolin playing Braga's serenade entices a character in this story to tell a legend about a mirage that will reappear on the Earth inthe next two days for the Âfirst time in a thousand years. While its protagonist dies, the title Âfigure whispers to him "that he wasa genius." This story ends with the protagonist tearing up a letter from his wife Tanya, announcing the death of her father, thehorticulturist Yegon Pesotsky. As its protagonist stands on a balcony outside a Crimean hotel, he sees the title hallucinationin the form of a tall, dark whirlwind. For 10 points, name this Chekhov story about the demise of the scholar Andrey Kovrinafter he meets the title supernatural friar.
This story begins with the memorable image of smoke covering the ground of an orchard with thousands of trees arrangedin chessboard pattern to drive o frost.
"The Black Monk" [or "Chyorny Monakh"]