Anton Chekhov
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| Original Title: | Рассказы и Повести |
| ISBN: | 0553381008 (ISBN13: 9780553381009) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Russian Federation Moscow, Russia |
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Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the major periods of his creative life.Considered by many the greatest short story writer, Anton Chekhov changed the genre itself with his spare, impressionistic depictions of Russian life and the human condition. From characteristically brief, evocative early pieces such as “The Huntsman” and the tour de force “A Boring Story,” to his best-known stories such as “The Lady with the Little Dog” and his own personal favorite, “The Student,” Chekhov’s short fiction possesses the transcendent power of art to awe and change the reader. This monumental edition, expertly translated, is especially faithful to the meaning of Chekhov’s prose and the unique rhythms of his writing, giving modern readers an authentic sense of his style and a true understanding of his greatness.
Contains:
The death of a clerk --
Small fry --
The huntsman --
The malefactor --
Panikhida --
Anyuta --
Easter night --
Vanka --
Sleepy --
A boring story --
Gusev --
Peasant women --
The fidget --
In exile --
Ward No. 6 --
The black monk --
Rothschild's fiddle --
The student --
Anna on the neck --
The house with the mezzanine --
The man in a case --
Gooseberries --
A medical case --
The darling --
On official business --
The lady with the little dog --
At Christmastime --
In the ravine --
The bishop --
The fiancée.
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| Title | : | Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov |
| Author | : | Anton Chekhov |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 467 pages |
| Published | : | October 31st 2000 by Modern Library (first published 1903) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fiction. Classics. Cultural. Russia. Literature. Russian Literature |
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Ratings: 4.36 From 29131 Users | 648 ReviewsEvaluation Out Of Books Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Biting, funny and entertaining stories about ordinary people.I doubt there are many better short-story collections out there.They say he was the best. This book confirms it.
There is a vein of dull misery running through much of modern realism. It is not even tragedy, because tragedy requires that the person be suffering as a result of their actions, and that they be emotionally complex enough to understand what is happening to them, and to feel the whole of that pain.These stories of misery have none of that, they are tales of the ignorant, of the emotionally stunted, who bumble into one stupidity after another, never realizing why or what it means. Is there a
"At the door of every contented, happy man somebody should stand with a little hammer, constantly tapping, to remind him that unhappy people exist, that however happy he may be, sooner or later life will show him its claws, some calamity will befall him - illness, poverty, loss - and nobody will hear or see, just as he doesn't hear or see others now. But there is nobody with a little hammer, the happy man lives on, and the petty cares of life stir him only slightly, as wind stirs an aspen - and
There is a vein of dull misery running through much of modern realism. It is not even tragedy, because tragedy requires that the person be suffering as a result of their actions, and that they be emotionally complex enough to understand what is happening to them, and to feel the whole of that pain.These stories of misery have none of that, they are tales of the ignorant, of the emotionally stunted, who bumble into one stupidity after another, never realizing why or what it means. Is there a
Oh, I've read lots of Chekhov in my day but usually a story here or there as opposed to coast-to-coast in a collection like this. Pevear and Volokhonsky arrange these chronologically and choose their faves, omitting the long "novella-like" stories.Hey, Mikey. I liked it! The only story I did not much enjoy was "The Ravine," third from last. The trouble with a collection of stories, then, is that you often look back over the titles and flat-out forget what they were about (unless you were taking
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