Its protagonist converses about Stoicism with (*) Gromov, whom he calls a prophet.
At the end of this story, the protagonist gives up his faith in life after death and has a vision of a herd of deer running in front of him just before dying. In this story, the protagonist gives a kopeck to a man who is running around stupidly with bare feet in galoshes in the rain, the Jew Moiselka. This story's protagonist, takes a trip to Moscow with his friend the postmaster Mikhail Averianych that bankrupts him. Its protagonist converses about Stoicism with (*) Gromov, whom he calls a prophet. On his return, its protagonist discovers that he has been fired by Khobotov and falls into a deep depression, after which Khobotov tricks him into entering a place where he is savagely beaten by the guard Nikita. At the end of this story, Dr. Andrey Yefimich Rabin dies of an apoplectic stroke after being locked in the title place, which he used to run. For 10 points, name this short story named for a lunatic asylum, by Anton Chekhov.
At the end of this story, the protagonist gives up his faith in life after death and has a vision of a herd of deer running in front of him just before dying.
"Ward No. 6" [or "Ward 6"]