A collection of Short Stories by Anton Chekhov featuring "e;A Tragic Actor"e;, "e;In A Strange Land"e;, "e;Oh The Public"e;, "e;The Looking Glass"e;, "e;Her Husband"e;, and "e;Overdoing It"e;. These stories are small masterpieces. The scene is set quickly and within a few sentences the story line is underway. But all seem to contain an element of the unexpected.In "e;A Tragic Actor"e;, a man who believes he is destined for great things, but his life does not turn out as planned. The protagonist, Alexander Ivanovich Petrov, is a struggling actor who has never had much success. He spends his days working at a small theater in a small town, and his nights drinking and dreaming of the day when he will finally make it big.
