Chekhov can rightfully be called a singer of country life: 'Dacha Rules,' 'The Dacha Woman,' 'Dacha Pleasure,' 'Dachniki,' 'At the Dacha'—and these are just the works where the word 'dacha' appears in the title. The collection includes stories and sketches by the young Chekhov dedicated to dacha life. Fishing, swimming, walks in the forest, amateur theatricals, playing music and singing romances, tea and wine parties on the veranda, long conversations past midnight, funny pranks, and the vaudevillian adventures of lovers—the book presents all the types of dacha pastimes of a century ago, which have changed little today.