Sleepy (short story)
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| "Sleepy" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Anton Chekhov | |
 1953 illustration by Tatyana Shishmaryova | |
| Original title | Спать хочется |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Peterburgskaya Gazeta |
| Publisher | Adolf Marks (1900) |
| Publication date | 25 January 1888 (old style) |
"Sleepy" (Russian: Спать хочется, romanized: Spat khochetsya) is an 1888 short story by Anton Chekhov.
Chekhov wrote the story in the course of one day, while working upon The Steppe, so as to 'get some money to deal with the beginning-of-the-month payments', as he explained to Alexey Pleshcheyev in a 23 January letter. It was first published in Peterburgskaya Gazeta's No. 24, 25 January 1888 issue, signed A. Chekhonte (А. Чехонте). In a shortened version and with re-written finale it then appeared in a collection called Gloomy People (Хмурые люди, Khmurye lyudi, 1890). Chekhov included it into Volume 5 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901.[1]
