{"_id":"62be77f43a9d8372f46c4030","title":"The Death of a Government Clerk","author":"Anton Chekhov","code":"the-death-of-a-government-clerk","words":950,"image":"gentleman.jpg","image_alt":"A man in a tuxedo tipping his hat. Graphite Filter.","publish_year":1883,"genres":["quirky"],"blurb":"He saw that an old gentleman sitting in front of him in the first row of the stalls was carefully wiping his bald head and his neck with his glove and muttering something to himself.","description":"Ivan, a government clerk, accidentally sneezes on a general and is mortified.","rating":3,"original_language":"Russian","translators":["Constance Garnett"],"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}