Anyuta by Anton Chekhov. Short summary

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Anyuta cohabits with a medical student. She serves as his anatomical model, and he «lends» her as a model. The student wants to break up with her, but allows her to stay another week.

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In a poor hotel room, cohabiting with a medical student, Klochkov, a girl named Anyuta. The young man is studying, the girl is moonlighting as an embroiderer, but they don’t have enough money. Their room is very dirty, there is a basin of garbage, unwashed plates with the remains of food.

The artist Fetisov walks into Klochkov’s room. He asks to borrow Annuta as his model and rebukes the student for the filth in the room. The girl does not want to go, but the student shows her out.

He ponders the artist’s words. He imagines that when he becomes a doctor he will marry a respectable woman and drink tea with her. After such thoughts, his present room seems repugnant to him, as does his cohabitant Anyuta. Klochkov decides to part with her.

When Anyuta returns from the artist, he announces his parting, but, feeling sorry for her, allows her to stay for a week.