Anton Chekhov Short Stories v4: Classic Russia Literature
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A STORY WITHOUT A TITLE
SLEEPY
THE STEPPE
LIGHTS
THE BEAUTIES
THE PARTY
A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
THE SHOEMAKER AND THE DEVIL
THE BET
THE PRINCESS
THE HORSE-STEALERS
GUSEV
PEASANT WIVES
THE WIFE
THE GRASSHOPPER
AFTER THE THEATRE
IN EXILE
NEIGHBOURS
WARD NO. 6
TERROR
AN ANONYMOUS STORY
THE TWO VOLODYAS
THE BLACK MONK
A WOMAN'S KINGDOM
ROTHSCHILD'S FIDDLE
THE STUDENT
THE TEACHER OF LITERATURE
AT A COUNTRY HOUSE
THE HEAD-GARDENER'S STORY
THREE YEARS
THE HELPMATE
WHITEBROW
"ANNA ON THE NECK"
THE MURDER
ARIADNE
AN ARTIST'S STORY
MY LIFE
PEASANTS
THE PETCHENYEG
AT HOME
THE SCHOOLMISTRESS
THE MAN IN A CASE
GOOSEBERRIES
ABOUT LOVE
IONITCH
A DOCTOR'S VISIT
THE DARLING
THE NEW VILLA
ON OFFICIAL DUTY
THE LADY WITH THE DOG
AT CHRISTMAS TIME
IN THE RAVINE
THE BISHOP
BETROTHED
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About the author
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 – 1904) was a Russian physician, playwright and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theater.
Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a "theatre of mood" and a "submerged life in the text".
Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.
