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Reading Level: Advanced (C1, C2)
Page Count: 150
Complexity: Oriand sentence structure
Target Audience: Fluent readers
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The Death of a Government Clerk is a short story by Anton Chekhov that satirizes the petty bureaucracy of Tsarist Russia. It tells the story of Ivan Dmitrievich Chervyakov, a minor government clerk who accidentally sneezes on a general and becomes obsessed with apologizing. The story humorously critiques the absurdity of social hierarchy and bureaucratic rigidity.
Short Story
Fiction
Genre
Russian
Original language
1883
Published
12+
Reading age
