Collected works of Chekhov's novelA*volume 2

With 129 short novels composed by Chekhov between 1883 and 1884, this volume has many humorous stories. The author described the ugly phenomenon with his implicit and humorous language. The death of a civil official told a story of a minor and cautious official who accidentally sneezed at the theatre and died in terror for fearing the blame of general. This novel effectively mocked the protagonist's slave mentality. The chameleon described us the story of a flattery police officer under the tsars autocratic system. He flattered in front of influential figures and their dogs and bore his ferocious features for ordinary people. The novel incisively and vividly depicts the humble psychological world of chameleon and is a mirror offered by Chekhov to the world.