My Life by Anton Chekhov. Short summary

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A young man writes a love letter to a girl, telling her that he cannot live without her love and will shoot himself. The girl finds time for him among the visits of other admirers and invites him to tea.

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The writer recalls how he fell passionately in love with the girl Valerie as a young man. He wrote her a letter where he confesses his passion.

The young man reported that he could not live without her love, so he took out a revolver. Now the young man’s life is in Valeria’s hands.

The next morning Valeria woke up, and the maid began to read her the letter. The girl was in shock, she almost cried. She babbled to the maid that she did not know what to do, how she could help the young man in love with her.

She asks the maid if the young man is rich. Having received a positive answer, she begins to agonize over what to do.

After all, all her days are scheduled, the girl has a lot of visits from admirers. She decides to invite him to tea.

The young man comes to tea and drinks four glasses. It was raining outside and no one else came that day except him. The young man was jubilant.