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Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his...
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Alexander, a retired professor, and his beautiful young wife, Yelena, have returned to his country estate. Their presence is a complete disruption to everyone including Sonya, the daughter of the professor and his first wife, and Uncle Vanya, the first wife's brother, who have managed the farm for many years. The presence of the captivating Yelena introduces tension into the household. Dr. Astrov, a frequent visitor, and Vanya both fall in love with...
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Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his...
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Nine deeply moving and exquisitely crafted tales from a master of the short story After a fortnight in Yalta, Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov has grown tired of the seaside. He is looking for a more interesting way to pass his vacation when a woman with a Pomeranian catches his eye. Gurov loathes his wife, and has spent his marriage chasing women, even though the affairs always end in disappointment. But Anna Sergeyevna will be different. For the first time...
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Told in two parts, Anton Chekhov's "At Christmas Time" begins with an illiterate woman hiring a local man to write a letter wishing her daughter-from who she has heard nothing since her wedding and departure four years earlier-a merry Christmas. In the second part, the letter arrives for the daughter, whose life is not what she imagined it would be. While not a traditional story of Christmas cheer, Chekhov's "At Christmas Time" has captivated audiences...
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A Literary Classic by ANTON CHEKHOV.
The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by RUSSIAN author ANTON CHEKHOV is a collection of short stories first published in 1890 in RUSSIA. The title story of this collection, "The Horse-Stealers," tells of an unfortunate hospital assistant, Yergunov, whose horse is stolen by a couple of guys he met in a tavern.
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“The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov is a timeless classic that continues to captivate audiences from around the world. An iconic play set in pre-revolutionary Russia, it tells the story of a family struggling with the impending loss of their beloved home and orchard. It is a bittersweet tale of love, loss, and longing, full of humor and poignancy. The play is often read as a dramatization of the decline of the aristocracy and other socio-economic...
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Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his...
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The Bishop and Other Stories (1919) is a collection of short stories by Russian writer, Anton Chekhov. The title story of the collection, originally published in 1902, finds the author at his most introspective. Written while Chekhov was dealing with the long term effects of tuberculosis, a period in which he began to accept the inevitability of his own death, "The Bishop" is a meditative story that follows a dedicated man who, in the face of oblivion,...
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A Literary Classic by ANTON CHEKHOV.
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by RUSSIAN author ANTON CHEKHOV is a collection of short stories first published in 1920 in the UNITED KINGDOM.
The title story of this collection, "The Chorus Girl," tells the sad story of a woman spurned by her lover.
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11) Ladies
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The importance of women and their influence can never be underestimated. This story vividly shows how in 19th century Russia women pull strings behind scenes to influence even the most principled and seemingly unbreakable of decision makers. And only Chekhov knows how to express such delicate matters in the most enjoyable and humorous way.
12) Boots
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A piano tuner called Murkin, a close-shaven man with a yellow face, with a nose stained with snuff, and cotton-wool in his ears, came out of his hotel-room into the passage. And looking at his frightened face one might have supposed that the ceiling had fallen in on him or that he had just seen a ghost in his room. 'Upon my word, Semyon!' he cried, seeing the attendant running towards him. 'What is the meaning of it? I am a rheumatic, delicate man...
13) An Inadvertence
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Strizhin, who normally leads a sober and regular life, comes home from a christening party where he had permitted himself to drink four glasses of vodka and a glass of wine, the taste of which suggested something midway between vinegar and castor oil. And of course spirituous liquors being like sea-water and glory: the more you imbibe of them the greater your thirst, Strizhin felt an overwhelming craving for another drink. He accidentally downed a...
14) In An Hotel
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Madame Nashatyrin is fed up with violent behaviour and foul language emanating from abusive male guest next door. She has two grown up daughters and is concerned about their well being when complaining to the hotel-keeper. 'Either give me other apartments, or I shall leave your confounded hotel altogether! It's a sink of iniquity! Why don't you get rid of the scoundrel?' But as soon as the marital status of the scoundrel revealed she meditates and...
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: The Letter The Lion And The Sun The Looking-glass The Lottery Ticket The Man In A Case The Marshal's Widow The Murder The New Villa The Old House The Orator
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: Grisha Gusev Happiness Home Hush In A Hotel In A Strange Land In Exile In Passion Week In The Coach-house
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: The Album The Beauties The Beggar The Bet The Bird Market The Bishop The Black Monk The Cattle-dealers The Chemist's Wife The Chorus Girl
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: A Nervous Breakdown A Nightmare A Peculiar Man A Pink Stocking A Play A Problem A Slander A Story Without A Title A Story Without An End A Tragic Actor
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: A Father A Gentleman Friend A Happy Ending A Happy Man A Joke A Lady's Story A Living Chattle A Malefactor A Misfortune A Mystery
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: The Cook's Wedding The Cossack The Darling The Death Of A Government Clerk The Dependents The Doctor The Duel The Examining Magistrate The First-class PassEnglisher The Fish
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