The Peasant Wives

The Alexander Tatarintsev Library “Books for Free” offers readers a poignant and sad account by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov—“The Kingdom of Women.” This difficult, heavy work is about the oppressive, empty boredom in the life of 25-year-old Anna Akimovna Glagoleva, the owner of a factory.

Neither youth nor wealth makes her happy or brings her joy; even her own birthday doesn’t become comfort for her. With his characteristic mastery, Chekhov leads the reader through the heroine’s sharp inner breakdown: behind outward well-being lies a deep mental crisis and the feeling that she never managed to find her place among people.