It is difficult to write even shorter than Chekhov did, but still we tried to do this by writing the shortest content of Tosca for the reader's diary. The Literaguru team and I really hope that at the decisive moment it will help you remember and analyze the story of the greatest classic.
(287 words) In the evening twilight of St. Petersburg, the snow is spinning, noticing the bent cab driver Iona Potapov with his horse, who have not moved for a long time. The military man, sitting down in a sled, breaks into silence and asks to take him to Vyborg, to which Jonah shudders and more of a habit waves his whip. People around everywhere shout that the driver does not know how to drive and does not see where he is moving. The military notes that everyone conspired to fall under the horse and collide with the sled. Jonah turns to share his grief with a fellow traveler - his son died of a fever in a week, having lain in a hospital for a long time, which the military only urges him to get to. At the Vyborgskaya cab, the passenger lands the passenger and returns to the starting position. A few hours later, three young children will be asked to give them a lift to the Police Bridge. Jonah agrees, regardless of the price - now riders are more important to him than money. Of the three, two are discussing the Dukmasovs last night, while the humpbacked one, as the lowest, is standing all the way, urging the cabman to scolding and slamming him. Long wonders if Jonah is married. In response, the cabman tries to share his grief, but the passengers breathe a sigh of relief, having arrived at the place, leaving the cabman alone again. Jonah, tormented by longing for her son, wants to share sadness with someone and discuss what happened. Sent to the yard, realizing that he had not run into even oats, and the horse would have to eat hay. The whole yard is sleeping, and sitting near a dirty stove, Jonah is trying to share grief with a cabby who woke up from thirst, but he falls asleep at a glance.
Feeling that it is necessary to discuss his son’s illness, his torment, words before his death, to talk about his daughter Anisya, he goes to the stable, where his horse chews hay. He told her that “death knocked on the wrong door,” his son could easily earn on oats, because he was a real craftsman. Jonah tells the horse everything while she chews and listens.
