Anton Chekhov Short Stories v2: Classic Russia Literature
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ART
A BLUNDER
CHILDREN
MISERY
AN UPHEAVAL
AN ACTOR'S END
THE REQUIEM
ANYUTA
IVAN MATVEYITCH
THE WITCH
A STORY WITHOUT AN END
A JOKE
AGAFYA
A NIGHTMARE
A NIGHTMARE
GRISHA
LOVE
EASTER EVE
LADIES
STRONG IMPRESSIONS
A GENTLEMAN FRIEND
A GENTLEMAN FRIEND
THE PRIVY COUNCILLOR
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
AT A SUMMER VILLA
PANIC FEARS
THE CHEMIST'S WIFE
NOT WANTED
THE CHORUS GIRL
THE SCHOOLMASTER
A TROUBLESOME VISITOR
THE HUSBAND
A MISFORTUNE
A PINK STOCKING
MARTYRS
THE FIRST-CLASS PASSENGER
TALENT
THE JEUNE PREMIER
IN THE DARK
A TRIVIAL INCIDENT
A TRIPPING TONGUE
A TRIFLE FROM LIFE
DIFFICULT PEOPLE
IN THE COURT
A PECULIAR MAN
MIRE
DREAMS
HUSH!
EXCELLENT PEOPLE
AN INCIDENT
THE ORATOR
A WORK OF ART
WHO WAS TO BLAME?
VANKA
ON THE ROAD
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著者について
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.
