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Robert Louis Jackson
This long-awaited and much-anticipated volume comprises a carefully collated collection of Robert Louis Jackson'sessayson Chekhov.
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Maxim Gorky,Olga Knipper-Chekhova
This is a centennial edition containing some of the best pages from memoirs and essays on Chekhov. Included in the volume are a well-known literary portrait by Maxim Gorky, reminiscences…
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A P Chekhov
If modern Russia disappeared from the face of the earth, the works of Chekhov could reconstruct a picture of Russian life in the late XIX century, in great detail, -…
Antona Pavlovicha Chehova oeuvre to this day remains unsurpassed apex of Russian literature. However, for several generations of readers perceive it as a writer, almost tragic, watched with sadness for…
He did not leave any autobiography nor any detailed memories. He noted with pain, there were many among the intelligentsia of his day happy and well-fed people are employed only…
A. P. Chekhov
NATALYA STEPANOVNA. Ours! You can go on proving it for two days on end, you can go and put on fifteen dress-jackets, but I tell you they’re ours, ours, ours…
This book includes the works of A. P. Chehova, united by the theme of love: the novel Drama on the hunt and Late Flowers , short stories, as well as…
The literary heritage of the Russian writer and playwright Antona Pavlovicha Chehova - he’s Anton, aka The Man Without a spleen, he’s my brother’s brother, alias Antosha Chehonte - is…
The Darling and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol.I By Anton Pavlovich ChekhovGrisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping…
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII By Anton Pavlovich ChekhovAnton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former…
The Bet and Other Stories By Anton Pavlovich ChekhovIt was a dark autumn night. The old banker was pacing from corner to corner of his study, recalling to his mind…
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. IIIGrisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping…
The Bishop, The Letter, Easter Eve, A Nightmare, The Murder, Uprooted, The Steppe.
A new English version of Chekhov’s last play, this interpretation emphasizes the stirrings of the Russian people against Russian despotism, and avoids the stilted drawing-room style of standard English translations…
In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company’s 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality…
Contains a collection of stories by Anton Chekhov. It includes: A Day in the Country ; Old Age ; Kashtanka ; Enemies ; On the Way ; Vanka ; La…
The Schoolmistress and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. IXGrisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through the keyhole…
Set on an estate in 19th-century Russia, this structurally and psychologically compact drama explores the complex interrelationships between a retired professor, his second wife, and the daughter and brother-in-law from…
The plays of Chekhov are essential reading for anyone with an interest in Russian literature. In this volume, which was originally published in 1946, his three most important plays are…
The publication is intended for family reading. The book includes selected stories A. P. Chehova about children and childhood. While all of these works are united child theme, they are…
The Lady with a Dog, A Doctor’s Visit, An Upheaval, Ionitch, The Head of the Family, The Black Monk, Volodya, An Anonymous Story, The Husband.
Published in 1929, this book was written by a noted Russian writer whose stories, though often based on tragic themes, are penetrated by the light and subtle satire that has…
The garden of Ivanoff’s country place. On the left is a terrace and the facade of the house. One window is open. Below the terrace is a broad semicircular lawn…
Insolence, cynicism … it’s unclean! If you’ve such a longing for insolence and cynicism, you might have picked a sow out of the mire and have devoured her alive. It…
The Chorus Girl, Verotchka, My Life, At a Country House, A Father, On the Road, Rothschild’s Fiddle, Ivan Matveyitch, Zinotchka, Bad Weather, A Gentleman, Friend A Trivial Incident.
The Cook’s Wedding, Sleepy, Children, The Runaway, Grisha, Oysters, Home A Classical Student, Vanka, An Incident, A Day in the Country, Boys, Shrove Tuesday, The Old House In Passion Week…
The Darling, Ariadne, Polinka, Anyuta, The Two Volodyas, The Trousseau, The Helpmate, Talent, An Artist’s Story, Three Years.
The Duel, Excellent People, Mire, Neighbours, At Home, Expensive Lessons, The Princess, The Chemist’s Wife.
Hunching up his shoulders and stretching his fingers wide apart, Korostelev played some chords and began singing in a tenor voice, Show me the abode where the Russian peasant would…
The Horse-Stealers, Ward No. 6, The Petchenyeg, A Dead Body, A Happy Ending, The Looking-Glass, Old Age, Darkness, The Beggar, A Story Without a Title, In Trouble, Frost, A Slander…
The Party, Terror, A Woman’s Kingdom, A Problem, The Kiss, Anna on the Neck, The Teacher of Literature, Not Wanted, Typhus, A Misfortune, A Trifle from Life.
Included in this volume are: Enemies, The Schoolmaster, The Examining Magistrate, Betrothed, From the Diary of a Violent-Tempered Man, In the Dark, A Play, A Mystery, Strong Impressions, Drunk, The…
This one includes The Bet.
TREPLIEFF. [Looking at the stage] Just like a real theatre! See, there we have the curtain, the foreground, the background, and all. No artificial scenery is needed. The eye travels…
CONTENTS The Wife Difficult People The Grasshopper A Dreary Story The Privy Councillor The Man in a Case Gooseberries About Love The Lottery Ticket
A translation of the play by the Russian writer who also wrote The Cherry Orchard , The Seagull and The Three Sisters . The translator wrote her version in collaboration…
One snowy evening, Kashtanka, a young chestnut-colored dog, loses sight of her master, the cabinetmaker Luka Alexandrych. How Kashtanka ends up in the circus, learning all sorts of tricks–and how…
CHEBUTYKIN. My dear girls, my darlings, you are all that I have, you are the most precious treasures I have on earth. I shall soon be sixty, I am an…
We all behaved as though we were frantic. I read, while the old maids and other females sang, and then after standing on their legs for twenty-four hours or longer…
In ancient times a happy man grew at last frightened of his happiness – it was so great! – and to propitiate the gods he brought as a sacrifice his…
BORTSOV. You don’t understand me… . Understand me, you fool, if there’s a drop of brain in your peasant’s wooden head, that it isn’t I who am asking you, but…
THIS 118 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Stories of Anton Chekhov, by Anton Chekhov. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 141915298X.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Of the eighteen hundred and ninety letters published by Chekhov’s family I have chosen for translation these letters and passages from letters which best to illustrate Chekhov’s life, character and…
THIS 18 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Plays By Anton Chekhov: Uncle Vanya; Ivanoff; The Sea Gull; The Swan Song, by Anton Chekhov. To purchase the entire book…
