The Black Monk: And Other Stories
The Black Monk, short story by Anton Chekhov, first published in Russian as “Chorny monakh” in 1894. “The Black Monk,” Chekhov’s final philosophical short story, concerns Kovrin, a mediocre scientist who has grandiose hallucinations in which a black-robed monk convinces him that he possesses superhuman abilities and is destined to lead humanity to everlasting life and eternal truth. The spell is broken when the black monk fails to define what he means by “eternal truth” to Kovrin’s satisfaction and disappears forever. Disappointed, Kovrin abandons his wife and family and wanders off in search of his lost illusions.
167 pages
English edition · First published 2022 by Independently published · ISBN 9798354815005
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