A Gentleman Friend

"A Gentleman Friend" (Russian: Знакомый мужчина, romanized: Znakomyi muzhchina) is a short story by Anton Chekhov originally published on 20 April (o.s. 3 May) 1886 in Oskolki (Issue No. 18), titled "A Little Bit of Pain" (Немножко боли) and signed A. Chekhonte (А. Чехонте). On 6 July (o.s. 23 June) it was reprinted, unchanged, by Novosti Dnya (Daily News). Under the new title it was included by Chekhov into Volume 1 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901.

A Gentleman Friend

"A Gentleman Friend" (Russian: Знакомый мужчина, romanized: Znakomyi muzhchina) is a short story by Anton Chekhov originally published on 20 April (o.s. 3 May) 1886 in Oskolki (Issue No. 18), titled "A Little Bit of Pain" (Немножко боли) and signed A. Chekhonte (А. Чехонте). On 6 July (o.s. 23 June) it was reprinted, unchanged, by Novosti Dnya (Daily News). Under the new title it was included by Chekhov into Volume 1 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901.