- Anton Chekhov, Constance Garnett (Translator). The Greatest Short Stories of Anton Chekhov. New York, NY: Fingerprint Publishing, 2019.
- Anton Chekhov, Cathy Popkin (Editor). Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Edition). New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 2014.
- Anton Chekhov, Constance Garnett (Translator). "The Death of a Government Clerk." 2 October 2022. <https://s3.amazonaws.com/exploros-shared-media/OER/ELA/Grade+8/ELA8.2.01.DeathGovClerk.compressed.pdf>.
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Tchervyakov is "a no less fine" government clerk and the central character to the story. One evening, he visits the theater to see opera, but accidentally sneezes on another man, a general in the Department of Transport. For the rest of the story,...
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This story is narrated in the third person.
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In Tchervyakov's character, we see a man who lives to please. He is a hard worker, there is 'a no less fine' government clerk, he is conscientious, well-mannered, and he wants everyone to like him. As readers, we sympathize with Tchervyakov, and...
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