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Аristocrat, a revolutionary Narodovolec preparing for an assassination - the killing of a wealthy royal dignitary, disguises himself as a servant to his son Georgy Ivanovich Orlov. The son remains unaware of the servant's plan to kill his father. However, living in the house gradually leads the protagonist to disillusionment with his beliefs, contemplating a quiet life in seclusion, in an estate... One of Chekhov's few works set in the bureaucratic-courtly environment of St. Petersburg, this narrative began in 1887, halted due to censorship concerns, completed in 1892, and published in the journal "Russian Thought" in February and March of 1893. It was later included in the sixth volume of Chekhov's collected works. The story unfolds as an ironic take on "Anna Karenina": the cynical St. Petersburg official Orlov finds his bachelor household invaded unexpectedly by his lover Zinaida Krasnovskaya, who intends to end her marriage. To the dismay of the bachelor, she imposes her presence in the apartment, filling it with cooking smells and planning for children. Narrated from the perspective of the valet Stepan - actually an educated nobleman and retired naval officer whose name remains unknown. Infiltrating Orlov's house disguised as a valet on behalf of a revolutionary organization to gather information about his father - a senior official. However, faced alone with the frail old man, the target of his comrades, the narrator realizes he cannot carry out the assassination. Growing tired of life with Zinaida and unable to break it off, Orlov increasingly hides at his friends' places, deceitfully claiming to be on extended business trips. Outraged by the deception, the narrator writes a revealing letter to Orlov, opens Zinaida's eyes to the truth, and takes her to Venice and then to the French Riviera. Initially idealizing Orlov, Zinaida begins to see an exceptional, extraordinary man in the narrator, dedicating his life to an ideal, rather than in Orlov. Slowly, she understands that both the narrator and Orlov are disillusioned beings, disenchanted with their missions and life in general. The narrator points out the resemblance to Orlov in his letter to him. After giving birth, Zinaida dies, presumably by poison, seeing no future for herself in a society of weak, worthless men. The narrator, terminally ill with consumption, takes care of her daughter. Aware of his imminent death, he meets Orlov and asks him to look after the girl. The elegant gentleman and his former valet discuss their fateful similarities and the meaning of life. The idea of a tale featuring a terrorist infiltrating a St. Petersburg official's home came to Chekhov in the late 1880s. Most of the work under the working title "In the Eighties" was written in 1888. The author anticipated that the piece wouldn't pass censorship. He revisited the concept in 1891, naming the future work "The Story of My Patient." In May 1893, he mentioned in a letter to the writer Lyubov Gurevich that he was writing a piece without intending to publish it. During Chekhov's lifetime, "The Story of an Unknown Man" was translated into Serbo-Croatian. Chekhov extensively revised the story for his collected works. A.V. Amphiteatrov and L.N. Tolstoy reacted negatively to the story. Revolutionarily inclined critics (starting with A.V. Lunacharsky) lamented Chekhov's lack of active characters. S.A. Vengerov criticized Chekhov for belittling the revolutionary movement and portraying the opposite environment more negatively. High praises came from Nikolai Leskov and Louis de Bernier. The narrative stands out among Chekhov's works for its satirical depiction of St. Petersburg officials. The chapters set in St. Petersburg parody motifs from Dostoevsky's works (directly mentioned in the text). The Italian chapters bear resemblance to Turgenev's tales, acknowledged by the narrator. Following tradition from Turgenev, the epilogue in "The Story of an Unknown Man" details the fate of the main characters after the death of the heroine. Apart from the quid pro quo situation, scholars (like P. Bicilli) have noted numerous melodramatic situations and outdated techniques characteristic of Victorian adventurous prose. However, Chekhov, using the poetics of silence innovatively, reveals the unreliability of the narrator, who conceals his existential crisis and his love for Zinaida Krasnovskaya until the final pages.

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