{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5d3c","title":"Vanka","publish_year":1886,"publish_source":"Петербургская Газета (St. Petersburg Gazette)","publish_edition":"No. 354","author":"Anton Chekhov","code":"vanka","words":1618,"image":"tome.jpg","image_alt":"A splayed open book. Graphite filter.","genres":["tragedy","literary"],"blurb":"“Dear grandfather, Konstantin Makaritch,” he wrote, “I am writing you a letter. I wish you a happy Christmas, and all blessings from God Almighty. I have neither father nor mother, you are the only one left me.”","description":"An orphaned boy writes to his grandfather to take him away from his abusive life as a servant.","rating":4,"original_language":"Russian","translators":["Constance Garnett"],"has_review":false,"has_collections":[{"code":"fifteen-minute-stories","title":"15 Minute Stories","collection_type":"static"},{"code":"tragedy","title":"Best of Tragedy","collection_type":"genre"}]}