Vanka by Anton Chekhov. Mom and Dad’s Stories

#antonchekhov #russianfolktales #audioskazki #shortstory #momanddadsstories “Vanka“ by Anton Chekhov is a short and touching story about the life of a little Russian orphan Ivan. First publication: December 25, 1886. Translated by Constance Garnett. COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY ANTON CHEKHOV. VANKA ZHUKOV, a boy of nine, who had been for three months apprenticed to Alyahin the shoemaker, was sitting up on Christmas Eve. Waiting till his master and mistress and their workmen had gone to the midnight service, he took out of his master’s cupboard a bottle of ink and a pen with a rusty nib, and, spreading out a crumpled sheet of paper in front of him, began writing... Please, subscribe to the “Mom and Dad’s Stories“ Channel!