On The High Road Author:Anton Chekhov

or On the HighwayA Dramatic Study(1884)Translated and with an Introduction by Julius WestCHARACTERSTIHON EVSTIGNEYEV, the proprietor of an inn on the main roadSEMYON SERGEYEVITCH BORTSOV, a ruined landownerMARIA EGOROVNA, his wifeSAVVA, an aged pilgrimNAZAROVNA and EFIMOVNA, women pilgrimsFEDYA, a labourerEGOR MERIK, a trampKUSMA, a driverPOSTMANBORTSOV'S WIFE'S COACHMANPILGRIMS, CATTLE-DEALERS, ETC.