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The short story focuses on a schoolmistress who is returning home after collecting her salary from the town. The weather is terrible, and makes the journey far longer than it should be. She meets a man named Hanov, an aging man who is joyful and seemingly ignorant of the misery of life. On this journey, Marya Vassilyevna ponders her life, her happiness and the repetition of it all. When a train goes past, she sees a woman who looks much like her late mother, which fills her with joy she hasn't felt in a very long time.

Anton Tsjechov of Tsjechov was een Russische schrijver. Tijdens het oefenen als arts, publiceerde hij meer dan 600 literaire werken; sommige stukken vaak opgevoerd op dit moment - "De Meeuw', "The Cherry Orchard", "Oom Wanja" - maken hem tot een van de bekendste schrijvers van de Russische literatuur, met name voor zijn manier van beschrijven van het leven in de Russische provincie de late negentiende eeuw.

In Rothschild’s Fiddle by Anton Chekhov, the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator. It is the tale of Yakov and his wife Marfa, and his fiddle, the only source of joy in his life.

Skuchnaya istoriya - povest' Antona Pavlovicha Chekhova, napisannaya v 1889 godu. Vpervye ona byla opublikovana v zhurnale "Severnyj vestnik". Povestvovanie vedetsya ot pervogo lica glavnym geroem proizvedeniya, zasluzhennym professorom Nikolaem Stepanovichem, izvestnejshim chelovekom. On neizlechimo bolen i po sobstvennym prognozam zhit' emu ostalos' ne bol'she polugoda. Nikolaj Stepanovich razmyshlyaet o svoej sud'be, volej kotoroj on obrechen na smert', pytaetsya ponyat' sebya, opisyvaya obychnoe techenie svoej zhizni.

Emu chrezvychajno ne nravilos', kogda kto-nibud' zavodil rech' ob ego molodosti, osobenno v prisutstvii zhenshhin ili gimnazistov. S teh por kak on priehal v jetot gorod i postupil na sluzhbu, on stal nenavidet' svoju molozhavost'. Gimnazisty ego ne bojalis', stariki velichali molodym chelovekom, zhenshhiny ohotnee tancevali s nim, chem slushali ego dlinnye rassuzhdenija. I on dorogo dal by za to, chtoby postaret' teper' let na desjat'.

Where does love come from? How are questions of personal happiness of consequence in love? This audiobook collection of stories by Anton Chekhov is united by the theme of love, featuring: 'About Love', 'The Helpmate' and 'Polinka'. Read in English, unabridged, and accompanied by orchestral music based on original Antonin Dvorak compositions.

An award-winning audiobook narrator and producer reads Anton Chekhov's "The Beggar", a moral tale in which the arrogant and self-righteous lawyer thinks he has "saved" the beggar by teaching him how to work for a living. In fact, he would have never continued the original task (or even begun it) if it weren't for the example of the lawyer's compassionate cook, who quietly chopped the wood for him without expecting anything in return. It was Olga's example of self-sacrifice, not Skvortsoff's example of "do-goodism" that inspired the man to change his life.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was one of the greatest writers of all time. Today he is remembered both as a brilliant playwright and one of the masters of the short story. "Anna Around the Neck" and "A Trifle from Life" are prime examples of the latter.

"About Love" is an 1898 short story by Anton Chekhov. The third and final part of the Little Trilogy, started by "The Man in the Case" and continued by "Gooseberries". The story begins with the love affair between the cook of the house, Nikanor and servant (beautiful woman) Pelageya. Nikanor, who is a drunkard, often verbally abuses and even beats his lover Pelageya when he is drunk. So Pelageya only wants to live with him without getting married. On the other hand, Nikanor doesn't want to be with her without getting married.

Izdanie soderzhit povesti i rasskazy velikogo russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chehova, napisannye 1887-1891 gg. Sbornik nazvan po odnomu iz samyh neodnoznachno vosprinjatyh rossijskim obshhestvom rasskazu "Vory".

Pechal'noe i surovoe povestvovanie o poedinke glavnogo geroya povesti s ukladom rossijskoj provincii obnazhilo iznanku blagopristojnogo sushchestvovaniya russkogo obyvatelya. Zhiznennaya poshlost' zavladela umami lyudej vsekh soslovij, a v lichnyh otnosheniyah carit serdechnaya grubost'. Povest' - strashnaya pravda o russkoj dejstvitel'nosti.

This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection.

Christmas may come but once a year but human emotions, the driving force of our characters, are with us every day. Yet, somehow these same emotions when they happen at Christmas seem amplified; we seem more tender to their touch, their words. Whether it’s a long-lost returning soldier wondering how best to return to the arms of his family without too great a risk of shock... Or a prodigal son whose taken path has driven pain into his own and others hearts… These stories reveal much about the human condition.

Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897. The play portrays the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends—Vanya, brother of the professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local doctor—both fall under Yelena's spell while bemoaning the ennui of their provincial existence. Sonya, the professor's daughter by his first wife, who has worked with Vanya to keep the estate going, suffers from her unrequited feelings for Astrov.

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country.

Uncle Vanya spends years of drudgery managing his brother-in-law's estate to enable Serebryakov the chance to pursue his career as a great professor. When Serebryakov is proven to be a fraud and wants to sell the estate, Vanya becomes enraged.

Anton Chekhov’s The Lady With The Dog weaves a tale of love, longing, and the elusive nature of happiness, set against the scenic backdrop of late 19th-century Yalta. When Dmitri Gurov, a man weary of his monotonous life, encounters Anna Sergeyevna and her small dog by the seaside, his world shifts unexpectedly. Both dissatisfied with their lives yet hesitant to embrace change, they find themselves drawn together by a connection as powerful as it is uncertain.

This sampling from Anton Chekhov's "Stories of Russian Life" includes: "Children", "At Home", "The Troublesome Guest", "Lean and Fat", "Hush", "The Trousseau", "Agatha", "Not Wanted" and "Little Jack". All of these stories present us with the author's deep insight into the fragile human condition.

世界に名高いロシアの作家チェーホフ(1860~1904)。その初期ユーモア短編集から、『お化け鏡』、『床屋では』、『謎の女(ひと)』の3作品を収めました。本格的に作家の道を歩み出す前、冗談半分で雑誌に投稿し始めた頃の作品ですが、すでに天賦の才が見え隠れしています。 『お化け鏡』。蝋燭を手にした若夫婦が、暗闇の地下室へ入ります。そこにあるのは、先祖伝来の鏡。悪魔が宿ると言い伝えられてきました。若い妻は、鏡を覗いた瞬間、あっと声を上げて気絶してしまいます。一体、何事が……。 『床屋では』。気まじめな若者が営む粗末な床屋へ馴染みの客がやってきます。待ちに待った客のようです。病み上がりの客は、医者の指示通り、丸坊主にしてくれと頼みます。後で濃い毛髪が生えてくるからだそうです。さて、どうなりますことやら…… 『謎の女(ひと)』。一等車の個室。駆け出しの作家と着飾った美女が向かい合っています。女は、切々と不幸な身の上話を始めます。若い作家は、この女性に身も心も捧げたい気持ちになります。薄幸な、謎の女性は、ふと、ため息をつくと……。 訳・朗読 清水柳一/ロシア語発音指導 東シャトウーヒナ/音響効果 岩田直行/朗読者:清水 柳一(Shimizu Ryuichi) ...

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.