"Misery" (Russian: Тоска, romanized: Toska) is an 1886 short story by Anton Chekhov.

In a slightly revised version Chekhov included it into Volume 3 of his Collected Works published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901.

[2] Leonid Obolensky, writing for Russkoye Bogatstvo praised Chekhov for his extraordinary ability to see the hidden drama behind deceptively simple things, and cited "Misery" as a perfect example of that.

[3] Konstantin Arsenyev in an essay called "The Writers of Our Times" (Vestnik Evropy, No.12, 1887) included "Misery" into his list of the best contemporary short stories.

[4] Leo Tolstoy included "Misery" into his personal list of Chekhov's best stories.