The Bishop

About “The Bishop”

"The Bishop" is a 1902 short story by Anton Chekhov, first published in the April issue of Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh. The story follows the final days of a terminally ill priest. It reflects Chekhov's own psychological state during a time when he was deeply troubled by thoughts of his own death. The story is considered to be partly autobiographical due to these similarities. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)