Anton Chekhov was a renowned Russian author born in 1860. He is famous for his short stories and plays. The document provides biographical details about Chekhov, noting he studied medicine and became a physician in 1884, and lists some of his notable works which include short stories like The Lady with the Dog. It also summarizes the short story The Beggar, about an advocate who offers work to a drunken beggar, and the beggar's interaction with the advocate's cook which leads to his reforming from his drunken ways.

2. Notable awards Pushkin Prize
Poet Name Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Born 29 January 1860, Taganrog, Russia
Died 15 July 1904, Badenweiler, Germany
Books
The Lady with the Dog, Stories of Anton
Chekhov
Short
stories
The Chameleon, Misery, Gooseberries
Occupation Physician, short story
writer, playwright
Nationality Russian

3. HE STUDIED IN GREEK SCHOOL AT
TAGANROG
HE COMPLETED THE M,EDICINE AT
MOSCOW UNIVERSITY
BECOME A PHYSICIAN AT 1884.

4.  MAIN CHARACTER OF THIS STORY:
• Lushkoff (beggar): Lushkoff is the main character in the story. He is a beggar, with a
different style. . He tells different lies, to gain money from people. He is an alcoholic
and his clothes are dirty and untidy. Due to the alcohol, his physical and mental health
is also poor. But he also possess some positive sides, like his willingness to accept his
mistake and change, bear patiently the scolding of Olga and firmness to stop drinking
• Sergi:(The advocate) Sergi is a famous and prosperous advocate. He is a man
of high principles. He is strict, straight forward. His keen eyes identify Lushkoff as
a liar. He believes in hard work and gives Lushkoff a job. This shows his kindness
and helping tendency. He is also happy to know that Lushkoff had reformed.
•
• Olga(His Cook ): Olga is the lady servant of Sergi. She appears to be cold at heart,
but her kindness is revealed in the way she helps Lushkoff. Though she
scolds Lushkoff, she has pity on him and helps him. Although she is not
physically strong, she is mentally strong which makes her chop the woods for
Lushkoff. She is humble and does not brag about it. The truth is revealed, only
by Lushkoff later.

5. Advocate Sergei is detained:
Advocate Sergei was detained by a beggar one day. The beggar was crying to have pity on him. He said that he
had nothing to eat. He had been a school teacher for eight years. But he lost the place.
The beggar is described:
The beggar was in rags. He had dull and drunken eyes. He had the red spot on either cheek. He wore one high
and one low shoe.
Sergei recognizes the beggar:
Sergei recognized the beggar. He told him that he had met him in Sadovya street. Then he had called himself a
student. Sergei warned him that he would send for the police. The beggar admitted and told the truth.
Sergei puts him to work:
The beggar asked Sergei for work. Sergei asked the beggar to chop wood for him when he asked for work. The
beggar agreed to do that work, though unwillingly. The beggar was s taken by Sergei’s servant Olga to the shed.
He had to chop woods there. Sergei could see Olga and the beggar in the shed.
The beggar readies for work:
Olga gave the beggar an axe. But seeing the expression on his face, she scolded him. The beggar put a billet of
wood between his feet, Then he struck it feebly with his axe. The billet fell down. Meanwhile, Sergei went away.
He had set a drunken and spoiled man at work in the cold. He began to feel sorry for it.
The beggar is given various kinds of work:
Sergei found work for the beggar. The beggar would cut the wood on the first of every month. He would also
shovel snow. He would . beat dust out of the rugs and mattresses. He would put the wood-shed in order. Sergei ’
moved into another house. The beggar packed and carried the furniture.
Lushkoff, the beggar, offered other employment:
Lushkoff, the beggar, was now offered other employment. Sergei asked him to go to his friend. There he would
be given some copying work as he could write. Sergei was happy as he had put a man on the right path.

6. Sergei and Lushkoff meet after two years:
Two years went by. One evening Sergei was standing at a ticket window of a
theatre. He was paying for his seat. He saw a little man beside him. That man
wore a curly fur and a worn sealskin cap. Sergei recognised him. He asked him
how he was.
Lushkoff tells about himself:
Lushkoff told Sergei that he was a notary then. He was paid thirty-five roubles a
month. Sergei was very pleased to hear him. Lushkoff thanked Sergei for what he
had done for him. He told Sergei that if he had not helped him, he would have
still been telling lies. He thanked Sergei and Olga, the cook. He told Sergei that
Olga had actually saved him.
Lushkoff tells more about Olga, the cook:
Lushkoff told Sergei that Olga would rebuke him. Then she would sit opposite to
him and weep. She would call him various names. She would grow sad also.
Then she would chop the wood for him. He amazed Sergei by saying that he
didn’t chop a single stick of wood for him. Due to Olga’s actions, there came a
change in his heart. He was set right by Olga and he won’t forget her. He told
Sergei that it was time for the bell. And he departed to the gallery.

7. THEME OF THE STORY: SOCIETY HAS THE
POWER TO REFORM ANYONE
 SUMMARY: A beggar, Lushkov, is offered to do a
job by an advocate. He accepts it but doesn't do it .
There he meets a cook Olga, who showed
compassion towards him which ultimately
changed him and made him responsible.

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