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La petición de mano y El oso

Name: La petición de mano y El oso
Author: Anton Chekhov (tr. Julius West)

Título en inglés: The Proposal and The Bear

de Anton Chekhov (tr. Julius West) · lectura graduada

7 capítulos
7225 palabras
unos 56 min

Dos comedias cortas de Antón Chéjov. En La Propuesta, un hombre nervioso viene a pedir la mano de una joven, pero empiezan a discutir sobre un prado y un perro. En El Oso, un visitante grosero viene a cobrar una deuda a una viuda triste, y pronto están a punto de batirse en duelo.

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Stepan Chubukov was an old landowner. He lived in a big country house with his daughter, Natalya. She was twenty-five years old and not yet married.

One morning, there was a visitor at the door. It was their neighbour, Ivan Lomov. He was a large man, but he was very nervous. That day he was wearing a black evening jacket and white gloves.

Chubukov came to meet him. "My dear friend!" he cried, and he shook Lomov's hand. "Ivan! What a nice surprise! How are you?"

"Thank you," said Lomov. "And how are you?"

"Oh, we are fine. Sit down, please. You should not forget your neighbours, you know. But why are you so dressed up? Evening jacket, gloves... Are you going to a party?"