本卷收入契诃夫1886年创作的短篇佳作60余篇。1886年至1892年是作家创作发展进程中的重大转折时期，在此期间逐渐形成一种抒情心理小说体裁，《万卡》是其代表作。这个短篇描写失去父母的九岁童工万卡在圣诞节前夜偷偷给爷爷写信，诉说学徒生活的艰难痛苦，表露了摆脱学徒生活的愿望，表达了对爷爷和故乡的思念之情。 (About 60 short and excellent novels composed by Cheknov in 1886 are collected in this volume. The period between 1886 and 1892 is a major turning point during the development period of the writer. During this period, a kind of lyrical and psychological novel is gradually formed. Vanka is a representative work. As depicted in this work, a nine-year-old Vanka lost his parents and had to work as an apprentice. He wrote to his grandpa to express his pain as an apprentice on Christmas Eve. He was no longer eager to be an apprentice anymore and expressed his yearning for his grandpa and hometown.)