A review by nh1
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov

2.0

"At the door of every contented, happy man somebody should stand with a little hammer, constantly tapping, to remind him that unhappy people exist, that however happy he may be, sooner or later life will show him its claws, some calamity will befall him -- illness, poverty, loss -- and nobody will hear or see, just as he doesn’t hear or see others now."