A tired story

“The boring story” of Anton Chekhov is a profound, deep and confessional work, which occupies a special place in the writer’s work, named by the author with a thin irony of “the boring”, this story represents a powerful spiritual drama of a man, putting the end of his life at the threshold of the inevitable. The main character is the deserved professor, the secret counselor Nikolai Stepanovich, whose authority in science is unprecedented, and the name is known to everyone. At the time of the days, he is heavily sick and suffering from insomnia, he realizes that despite all his actions, recognition, scientific merits and an externally prosperous family, in his life has never appeared the main - unifying idea, "common thought". With unpleasant honesty and accuracy of the scientist, he analyzes his relationship with his wife, daughter, colleagues and understands how strange they are to each other. The only living thread that connects him to the world remains the educator Katya - a young woman, disappointed in the life of the actress. However, when Katya, in the moment of desperate prayer for advice and help, is asked to say only one word – “What to do?”, the genius professor finds himself impotent to give her an answer. With his own psychological jewelry, Chekhov explores the tragedy of existential loneliness, the crisis of rational thinking and the illusory of external success. “A tired story” is a gorgeous, but surprisingly bright and honest thought of how important it is to find the true meaning of existence in time, so that at the end of the journey you don’t stay one-on-one with the sounding emptiness. ** About what the book is in three words:** Results, Unity, Meaning. ** Who to read:** Fans of the mature and philosophical prose A.P. Chekhov, lovers of profound psychological portraits, as well as everyone who thinks about the main vital values, the call and the true nature of human relationships.