A. P. Chekhov, "The Joke" - a short summary of the story

The article describes a story written by A. P. Chekhov, "The Joke," a brief summary of this work and the readers' opinions about it.

Very brief retelling

In 1886 he published his next story Chekhov - "The Joke." A summary of it is given below.

A young man is riding with a girl. Hoping for a sledge on an ice slide. At first the girl, frightened by the steep and high slope, flatly refuses to take a ride, but the young man persistently persuades her, and Nadia finally agrees. They fly swiftly down, and with a particularly strong gust of wind, her companion in a low voice says "I love you ...".

Caught downstairs, Nadezhda Petrovna is lost in conjecture, who said the coveted words: her companion or this joke the wind? The desire to understand the mystery is overcome by the fear of a steep descent, and the girl is already proposing to the young man once again to roll down the hill.

Again and again they slide out on a sleigh from a steep snowy slope. Each time the heroine of the story trembles with fear, and the man with a gust of wind in a low voice says: "I love you, Nadenka." Again and again the girl is lost in conjecture, whether she heard this phrase or not? And the young man is only interested in watching her doubts and shy hope ...

Continue the retelling of the work, which Chekhov wrote - "The joke." Its brief content provides an opportunity to understand the very essence of the story.

The next day the young man received a note from Nadezhda Petrovna with a proposal to ride a toboggan from a slide. All again it was repeated: a frantic descent and cute quiet words with a strong gust of wind. In March, the young man went to Petersburg for good. Before leaving, he joked again. He hid himself at the fence of Nadenka and, having waited for the wind, he threw: "I love you, Nadia!". The girl laughed happily ...

Epilogue

How did Chekhov finish his story? "The joke" (a brief summary see above) gives the reader an opportunity to reflect. The narrative jumps abruptly for many years before. Nadenka is married, she has three children, but her most romantic memory remains that gust of wind, which brought a cherished declaration of love. The young man in years with perplexity remembers a joke of a youth, itself not understanding its sense.

Readers' opinions

What did A.Chekhov like to tell his story? The "joke", the brief content of which is described in the article, causes readers sympathy for Nadenka and the rejection of the behavior of a young man who literally threw such important words in the life of every girl to the wind.