<Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 2 July 1883 </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Death of a Government Clerk" (Russian: Смерть чиновника, translit . Smert chinovnika) is a short story by Anton Chekhov published originally the Oskolki magazine's 2 July, No. 27 issue, subtitled "The Incident" (Случай) and signed A. Chekhonte (А . Чехонте). "Received the "Fragments of Moscow Life" and "The Death of the Government Clerk . Both are delicious", Nikolai Leykin, the Oskolki's editor, informed the author by a 29 June letter . It was included (without the subtitle) into Chekhov's 1886 collection Motley Stories (Пёстрые рассказы) published in Saint Petersburg and featured unchanged in its 2--14 editions (1891--1899). </P> <P> Ivan Chervyakov, a petty government official, while in the theatre, sneezes right upon the head of a man sitting in front of him, who happens to be General Brizzhalov, a high - ranking government official . He spends the evening and the next day fawning before his sneeze victim trying to extract forgiveness, but what he succeeds instead is only bringing out a fit of rage in him . Shocked, Chervyakov returns home to lie there and die, due to the sheer stress of having endured such horror . </P>

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