The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov

The Story of a Nobody by Anton ChekhovA secret terrorist group infiltrates the household of a government official's son, with a view to spying on the father and, ultimately, assassinating him. But the young man entrusted with the task an ailing, world weary "nobody" seized with the purposelessness of life and a sense of his own impending death, gradually becomes disillusioned with his mission, and decides to embark on a new path which will lead him to tragedy. Combining psychological

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