Kashtanka
Sign in to save"Kashtanka" () is an 1887 short story by Anton Chekhov. It follows the adventures, mostly in the circus, of a mongrel dog of the same name. The story was adapted into several films.
Key facts
- Short story.name
- Kashtanka
- Short story.title_orig
- Каштанка
- Short story.image
- Kashtanka 01 (Kardovsky).jpg
- Short story.imagesize
- 220px
- Short story.caption
- Kashtanka, Fedyushka and Luka Alexandrovich1903 illustration by Dmitry Kardovsky
- Short story.author
- Anton Chekhov
- Short story.country
- Russia
- Short story.language
- Russian
- Short story.published_in
- Novoye Vremya
- Short story.pub_date
- 25 December 1887 (old style)
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"Kashtanka" () is an 1887 short story by Anton Chekhov. It follows the adventures, mostly in the circus, of a mongrel dog of the same name. The story was adapted into several films.
==Publication== The story was first published in Novoye Vremyas No. 4248, 25 December (old style) 1887 issue, originally under the title "In Learned Society" (В учёном обществе; V uchyonom obschestve).