{"_id":"63d9dbd247c905ed0207f104","title":"The Kiss","author":"Anton Chekhov","code":"the-kiss","words":7664,"publish_year":1887,"publish_source":"Но́вое вре́мя (New Times)","publish_edition":"15 December","image":"civilwar.jpg","image_alt":"A soldier next to a cannon. Graphite filter.","genres":["literary","tragedy"],"blurb":"When he woke up the sensations of oil on his neck and the chill of peppermint about his lips had gone, but joy flooded his heart just as the day before.”","description":"Ryabovitch is by far the shyest officer in his battalion, with round shoulders and sparse whiskers. But when the local landowner invites the officers for dinner, Ryabovitch receives a startling surprise from one of the young women present.","rating":4,"original_language":"Russian","translators":["Constance Garnett"],"has_review":false,"has_collections":[{"code":"romance","title":"A Short Romance","collection_type":"theme"}]}