Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)
Author of Ivanov / The Seagull / Uncle Vanya / Three Sisters / The Cherry Orchard
About the Author
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the provincial town of Taganrog, Ukraine, in 1860. In the mid-1880s, Chekhov became a physician, and shortly thereafter he began to write short stories. Chekhov started writing plays a few years later, mainly short comic sketches he called vaudvilles. The first show more collection of his humorous writings, Motley Stories, appeared in 1886, and his first play, Ivanov, was produced in Moscow the next year. In 1896, the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg performed his first full- length drama, The Seagull. Some of Chekhov's most successful plays include The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, and Three Sisters. Chekhov brought believable but complex personalizations to his characters, while exploring the conflict between the landed gentry and the oppressed peasant classes. Chekhov voiced a need for serious, even revolutionary, action, and the social stresses he described prefigured the Communist Revolution in Russia by twenty years. He is considered one of Russia's greatest playwrights. Chekhov contracted tuberculosis in 1884, and was certain he would die an early death. In 1901, he married Olga Knipper, an actress who had played leading roles in several of his plays. Chekhov died in 1904, spending his final years in Yalta. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Anton Chekhov
Ivanov / The Seagull / Uncle Vanya / Three Sisters / The Cherry Orchard (1887) 2,546 copies, 9 reviews
Plays (Penguin Classics): The Bear / The Cherry Orchard / Ivanov / A Jubilee / The Proposal / The Seagull / Three Sisters / Uncle Vania (1959) 862 copies, 4 reviews
The Plays of Anton Chekhov: Nine Plays including The Sea-Gull, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and Others (1973) 182 copies, 1 review
Chekhov plays : The cherry orchard + The seagull + Three sisters + Uncle Vanya + vaudevilles (1988) — Original author — 96 copies
How to Write Like Chekhov: Advice and Inspiration, Straight from His Own Letters and Work (2006) 57 copies
The Image of Chekhov: Forty Stories by Anton Chekhov; In The Order In Which They Were Written. Newly Translated With An Introduction. (1963) 50 copies, 1 review
Théâtre complet, tome 1 : La Mouette - Ce fou de Platonov - Ivanov - Les Trois Soeurs (1973) 48 copies
The Collected Short Stories of Anton Chekhov Volume I: 100 Short Stories (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 29 copies, 1 review
Short Stories by Anton Chekhov: Bk. 1: A Tragic Actor and Other Stories (2009) 28 copies, 15 reviews
Stephen Fry Presents a Selection of Anton Chekhov's Short Stories (2009) — Author — 28 copies, 3 reviews
Chekhov the Major Plays 26 copies
Chekhov's Doctors: A Collection of Chekhov's Medical Tales (Literature and Medicine (Kent, Ohio), 5.) (2003) 23 copies
Stories of Women: Includes 12 Stories Never Before Translated into English (Literary Classics) (1994) 22 copies
Verhalen 22 copies
Um Homem Extraordinário E Outras Histórias - Coleção L&PM Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2007) 18 copies
De bruid en andere verhalen 17 copies
Quatro pecas - A gaivota - Tio Vania - Tres irmas e O jardim das cerejeiras (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 16 copies
Short Stories by Anton Chekhov: About Truth, Freedom, Happiness, and Love (2011) 14 copies, 2 reviews
Собрание сочинений. Том 10 Пьесы 12 copies
Great Short Stories 11 copies
Contos 11 copies
Cuentos (Clásica Maior) 11 copies
Chekhov: The Vaudevilles and Other Short Works (Great Translations for Actors Series) (1998) 10 copies
The Collected Short Stories of Anton Chekhov Volume II: 109 Short Stories (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 10 copies
Um Negócio Fracassado E Outros Contos De Humor - Coleção L&PM Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2010) 10 copies
El pabellón n.º 6 y otros relatos (El Libro De Bolsillo - Literatura) (Spanish Edition) (2001) 10 copies
Nueve cuentos sin final feliz / Nine Stories without a Happy Ending (Spanish Edition) (2002) 9 copies
Anton Chekhov: The Complete Plays 8 copies
Verzamelde werken 8 copies
Letters of Anton Chekhov to his family and friends, with biographical sketch (2010) 7 copies, 1 review
Kirjeitä. [3] : Vuosilta 1899-1904 / valikoinut, suomentanut ja selityksin varustanut Martti Anhava (1990) 7 copies
Verhalen 3 7 copies
Yumoristicheskie razzkazy : kniga dlia chteniya s kommentarien na angliskom yazyke i russko-angliiskim slovarem (1989) 7 copies, 1 review
The Plays of Anton Tchekov (Chekov): The Sea Gull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard and Others (1950) 7 copies
Ariadne 6 copies
VALITUT NOVELLIT 2 6 copies
The Plays of Anton Tchekov (Chekov) 6 copies
Drammi 6 copies
Neue Meistererzählungen 6 copies
The Collected Stories (Vol I of IV) 6 copies
Short Fiction 6 copies
SUURET KERTOMUKSET 2 6 copies
Eine langweilige Geschichte. Aus den Aufzeichnungen eines alten Mannes (Inselbücherei, 258) (1977) 6 copies
The Collected Stories (Vol IV of IV) 5 copies
The Collected Stories (Vol II of IV) 5 copies
Short Stories [Russian Readers] 5 copies
The Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Seagull, On the High Road, The Proposal, The Bear, The Cherry Orchard, The Wedding, The Anniver (1935) 5 copies
Tchékhov : Oeuvres, tome 2 5 copies
Œuvres 5 copies
Wanjka en Kasjtanka 5 copies
Kratke priče 5 copies
Дом с мезонином Повести и рассказы 5 copies
Cuentos completos 5 copies
Racconti 2. 5 copies
Treasury of Classic Russian Love Short Stories: In Russian and English (English, Russian and Russian Edition) (1997) 5 copies
Selected Stories 5 copies
Fyra skådespel 5 copies
Ravinen och andra noveller 4 copies
Plays {The Anniversary, The Bear, The Cherry Orchard, On the High Road, The Proposal, The Seagull, The Three Sisters, The Wedding) (1935) — Author — 4 copies
Baby 4 copies
Récits 4 copies
Het huis met het bordes 4 copies
Chekhov: Three Stories: The Grasshopper, The Man in a Case, The Darling (Russian Texts) (Russian Texts) (2009) 4 copies
Drie verhalen 4 copies
Terror 4 copies
De vlinder 4 copies
The plays of Anton Chekov 4 copies
SUURET KERTOMUKSET 1 4 copies
L'estepa i altres narracions 4 copies
Novelas completas 4 copies
Boys 4 copies
Рассказы 4 copies
Kirjeitä. [2] : Vuosilta 1891-1898 / valik., suom. ja selityksin varust. Martti Anhava (1986) 3 copies
Valda noveller 3 copies
Herdepipan : noveller 3 copies
Odabrane priče 3 copies
O GINJAL 3 copies
Weiberwirtschaft. Meistererzählungen 3 copies
Neljä näytelmää 3 copies
Дама с собачкой. Повести и рассказы 3 copies
AS TRES IRMAS (CONTOS) 3 copies
Doktorské povídky 3 copies
Best Russian Short Stories 3 copies
Anton Checkov Plays 3 copies
Anima cara 3 copies
Chekov: The Major Plays 3 copies
Humoristische Erzählungen. Jumoristiceskie Rasskazy. Aus dem Russ. übersetzt v. Paul Broich (1965) 3 copies
Tchekhov's plays and stories 3 copies
The Collected Works of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (2015) 3 copies
Una Cacera dramàtica 3 copies
La Rusia olvidada 3 copies
Racconti 3 copies
رسائل إلى العائلة 3 copies
Obras ─ Colección de Antón Chejóv: Biblioteca de Grandes Escritores - Obras Completas (Spanish Edition) (2015) 3 copies, 1 review
The Kiss and the Duel 3 copies
Short Stories of Anton Tchekhov 2 copies
Logodnica : schite si povestiri 2 copies
Novelas completas 2 copies
El misterio de las almas 2 copies
The Bet 2 copies
Schauspiele 2 copies
Udvalgte noveller 2 copies
Relato de un desconocido 2 copies
Ward No. 6 and Other Stories 2 copies
Six One Act Plays: On the High Road, The Proposal, The Wedding, The Bear, A Tragedian In Spite of Himself, The Anniversary (2021) 2 copies
Murgu i zi & Njeriu në këllëf 2 copies
Los campesinos/Mi vida 2 copies
Tsjechow vertellingen 2 copies
А. П. Чехов Собрание сочинений 10/12 2 copies
Fire dramer 2 copies
The Duel and Other Stories (riverrun editions): an exquisite collection from one of Russia's greateat writers (2020) 2 copies
А. П. Чехов Собрание сочинений 9/12 2 copies
A estepe; A minha vida 2 copies
פריחה שנתאחרה : סיפורים 2 copies
Ein Drama auf der Jagd 2 copies
Los mejores cuentos de Antón Chéjov: El maestro del relato corto (Los mejores cuentos de… nº 17) (Spanish Edition) (2017) 2 copies
Mi Mujer, Flores Tardias 2 copies
Little Comedies 2 copies
The Big Book of Christmas: 250+ Vintage Christmas Stories Carols Novellas Poems By 120+ Authors 2 copies
Opowiadania wybrane 2 copies
Racconti (2 volumi) 2 copies
Chekhov on Writing: The Mentor, The Self-Critic, Literary Questions and Fictional Writers (Dover Thrift Editions: Literary Collections) (2025) 2 copies
The First-Class Passenger 2 copies
"Racconti", 2 volumi 2 copies
Romanzi brevi 2 copies
Contos 2 copies
La Gaviota y otros cuentos 2 copies
Autobiografía 2 copies
L'estepa i altres narracions 2 copies
In The Twilight 2 copies
Tutti i racconti XI 2 copies
Povídky 2 copies
Povídky. 6, 1896-1903 2 copies
The Witch and other stories 2 copies
Um Bom Par De Sapatos E Um Caderno De Anotacoes. Como Fazer Uma Reportagem (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2007) 2 copies
The Kiss and Other Stories 2 copies
To noveller 2 copies
Bütün Öyküler 1 (1880-1884) 2 copies
Önemli Bir Olay 2 copies
STORIES: VOLUME I AND II. 2 copies
РАССКАЗЫ 2 copies
Drame 2 copies
Cuentos 2 copies
Racconti e teatro 2 copies
Syrena 2 copies
Old Age [short story] 2 copies
Hyrdefløyten 2 copies
A Reluctant Tragic Hero 2 copies
Novelas cortas 2 copies
At the Mill (in Short Stories) 2 copies
Т. 1. Повести и рассказы [1880-1894] 2 copies
Избранные произведения 2 copies
Puikas 2 copies
A Work of Art 2 copies
A Terrible Night [Short story] 2 copies
Wife For Sale 2 copies
On the Sea and Other Stories : The Complete Short Stories of Anton Chekhov (Vol 2) (Complete Early Short Stories of Anto (2000) 2 copies
Собрание сочинений 3 2 copies
Собрание сочинений 5 2 copies
Anton Checkhov Early Stories 2 copies
De kus en andere verhalen 2 copies
Russian Classics in Russian and English: Learn Russian with Chekhov (Russian Edition) (2013) 2 copies
Lendo Tchekov (Uma viagem à vida do escritor, de Janet Malcom, e 37 contos, traduzidos por Tatiana Belinky) (2005) 2 copies
Il giorno di festa 2 copies
Platónov Peça em quatro actos 2 copies
CONTOS - VOLUME VII — Author — 2 copies
Racconti: 1 2 copies
Los campesinos. Mi vida. 2 copies
Peças em Um Acto 2 copies
الأعمال المختارة: الروايات 2 copies
ZONJA ME KONE 2 copies
Teatro maggiore 2 copies
Tre r̄ och andra noveller 2 copies
Caccia tragica: romanzo 2 copies
Martı 2 copies
Corerspondance 1877- 1904 1 copy
Contos Anton Tchekov 1 copy
Quatro peças: A gaivota, Tio Vânia, Três irmãs e O jardim das cerejeiras (Portuguese Edition) (2021) 1 copy
Nouvelles 1 1 copy
Les Moujiks 1 copy
Oeuvres de Tchekhov Théâtre (La cerisaie / Les trois soeurs / L'oncle Vania / La mouette) (1954) 1 copy
A enfermaria nº 6 1 copy
Valitut novellit 1 copy
La Vallée 1 copy
El reto 1 copy
Narraciones 1 copy
Verhalen Omnibus 1 copy
Théâtre en 3 volumes 1 copy
6 nouvelles 1 copy
Stories By Tchekov (50.4) 1 copy
The Stories of Anton Tchekov 1 copy
The STORIES Of ANTON TCHEKOV. — Author — 1 copy
Le Mendiant 1 copy
Choix de nouvelles 1 copy
Anton Tchekhov : Nouvelles 1 copy
Venäläistä rakkautta 1 copy
Naisia 1 copy
Théâtre 1 copy
Пятитомник (комплект). 1 copy
RELATO DE UN NIHILISTA 1 copy
Théâtre de Tchékhov 1 copy
Primeros relatos 1 copy
sabrana dela 1-12 1 copy
Œuvres III 1 copy
かわいい女 犬を連れた奥さん 1 copy
Putnik prvog razreda 1 copy
Contos Os grandes clássicos 1 copy
Kasztanka i inne opowiadania 1 copy
Utwory wybrane, T1 1 copy
Utwory wybrane, T2 1 copy
Os Mujiques 1 copy
Œuvres II 1 copy
ARIADNA 1 copy
KOLME KERTOMUSTA 1 copy
Tchekhov 1860-1914 1 copy
Избранные рассказы 1 copy
KAKSIKYMMENTÄ 1 copy
CONTOS DE TCHEKHOV Vol. I 1 copy
Tuntemattoman tarina 1 copy
Turha voitto 1 copy
Œuvres I 1 copy
Ensirakastaja : kertomuksia 1 copy
Детвора 1 copy
Tchekhov. Présentation de Roger Grenier... La Steppe : Oncle Vania. Les Trois soeurs. Douze nouvelles (1963) 1 copy
Herdepipan 1 copy
Stp̃pen ... 1 copy
Novele 1 copy
Två noveller 1 copy
Tri sestre i druge drame 1 copy
Hx̃an och andra noveller 1 copy
Tres Años 1 copy
The Duel 1 copy
Epistolaro di Checov I e II 1 copy
Racconti di Checov 1 copy
Novelas completas de Chejo 1 copy
ארבעה מחזות 1 copy
Siete cuentos 1 copy
Cuentos ,I 1 copy
NJE HISTORI E MERZITSHME 1 copy
Schite si nuvele 1 copy
Ryska silhuetter 1 copy
Histórias imortais 1 copy
دفاتر سرية 1 copy
Omul in carapace 1 copy
البدين والنحيف 1 copy
الحرباء 1 copy
Drei Schwestern 1 copy
Pjäser 1 copy
Modersmålsläraren 1 copy
Tutte le novelle 1 copy
I quaderni del dottor Čechov : appunti di vita e letteratura di Antòn Pàvlovič Čechov 1 copy, 1 review
Nouvelles 1 copy
The Schoolmaster 1 copy
Kabuğuna Sinmiş Adam 1 copy
Contos Escolhidos 1 copy
Três irmãs, As. Contos 1 copy
Смерт Чиновинка 1 copy
ฆ่าปริศนา วันล่าสัตว์ 1 copy
Избранные произведения 1 copy
Les Méfaits du Tabac 1 copy
ivanov agaviota tiovvanyal 1 copy
O Selvagem 1 copy
récits choisis 1 copy
48. Narraciones 1 copy
Nouvelles et récits 1 copy
Pièces 1 copy
גן הדובדבנים 1 copy
Os Três Contos Russos 1 copy
Contos e narrativas 1 copy
La dama del gosset 1 copy
"Racconti" 1 copy
Racconti. Volume terzo 1 copy
14 NOVELA 1 copy
チェーホフの手帖 (1958年) (新潮文庫) 1 copy
Il consigliere segreto 1 copy
Palata Nr. 6: [apsakymai] 1 copy
RACCONTI - VOLUME PRIMO 1 copy
Hyrdefløyten : [Noveller] 1 copy
Сочинения : в двух томах 1 copy
RACCONTI - VOLUME SECONDO 1 copy
מבחר סיפורי צ'כוב 1 copy
Kachtanra 1 copy
Voisins 1 copy
Рассказы 1 copy
ПЬЕСЫ 1 copy
RACCONTI - VOLUME QUARTO 1 copy
פריחה שנתאחרה. 1 copy
Onkel Vanja 1 copy
TRE SORELLE 1 copy
RACCONTI - VOLUME TERZO 1 copy
Stāstu izlase jaunatnei 1 copy
Verhalen 1892-1895 1 copy
Théâtre 1 1 copy
Théâtre 2 1 copy
Théâtre 1 copy
Depressie 1 copy
Ионыч [Рассказы] 1 copy
Verhalen 1896-1903 1 copy
Вишневый сад Комедия в 4 д 1 copy
Старость (Russian Edition) 1 copy
Повести и рассказы 1 copy
А.П. Чехов Пьесы 1 copy
Dom s mezoninom 1 copy
Сочинения А. П. Чехова 1 copy
Humoristiski stāsti 1 copy
Собрание сочинений : в 12 т 1 copy
Stāsti 1 copy
Quatro Dramas (Tchêkhov) 1 copy
A minha mulher 1 copy
Puikas : [stāsti] 1 copy
Верочка (Russian Edition) 1 copy
Um Drama na Caça 1 copy
O beijo e outras histórias 1 copy
Contos Escolhidos 1 copy
O Pomar das Cerejeiras 1 copy
TRÊS IRMÃS 1 copy
Из Сибири. Остров Сахалин 1 copy
Собрание сочинений В 12 т 1 copy
Письма А.П. Чехова 1 copy
Пьесы 1 copy
Quatro peças 1 copy
О любви (Russian Edition) 1 copy
Безнадёжный 1 copy
А.П. Чехов 11 1 copy
Случай из практики 1 copy
На подводе 1 copy
Рассказы 1886 – 1887: Том 3 1 copy
Рассказы 1 copy
Степ 1 copy
Избрани раскази 1 copy
Cuentos II 1 copy
Cuentos Completos Vol II 1 copy
Cuentos Completos Vol I 1 copy
Chist 1 copy
Cuentos 1 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 9 1 copy
Jumoristicheskie rasskazy 1 copy
Шведская спичка 1 copy
Без места 1 copy
Избранные рассказы 1 copy
В бане 1 copy
Избранные Рассказы 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 6 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 4 1 copy
Рассказы. Повести. Пьесы 1 copy
Злостные банкроты 1 copy
Письма 1893-1904 1 copy
Ушла 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 2 1 copy
Собрание сочинений, Том первый: Рассказы, повести, юморески 1880-1882, Том второй, Том третий (1999) 1 copy
Рассказы 2 1 copy
Рассказы и Повести 1 copy
HThe Iplays of Anton Chekov 1 copy
Valitut novellit. 2 1 copy
Dramma di caccia 1 copy
Anton Cehov'dan Hikayeler 1 copy
Dráma a vadászaton regény 1 copy
A kutyás hölgy elbeszélések 1 copy
A kutyás hölgy elbeszélések 1 copy
La dama del perrito y más 1 copy
KIRJEITÄ 2 MELOHOVON AIKA 1 copy
Le tre sorelle 1 copy
Kirjeitä 1 copy
Sobranie sochinenii v 15 tomakh . Tom 1: Rasskazy, povesti, iumoreski. 1880-1882. Volume 1. (2010) 1 copy
Racconti 3. 1 copy
Cseresnyéskert jelenetkép 1 copy
Elbeszélések : 1889-1903 1 copy
Elbeszélések : 1886-1888 1 copy
Elbeszélések : 1880-1885 1 copy
TEKLIF 1 copy
BUTUN HIKAYELERI - 2 PRENSES 1 copy
Csehov Elbeszélések I-II. 1 copy
BUTUN HIKAYELERI - 1 CUKURDA 1 copy
A kutys hlgy 1 copy
TOPLU ESERLERI - OYUNLAR 1 copy
TOPLU ESERLERI - HIKAYELER 3 1 copy
TOPLU ESERLERI - HIKAYELER 2 1 copy
TOPLU ESERLERI - HIKAYELER 1 1 copy
Un dramma a caccia 1 copy
A semmirekellő 1 copy
Palata N6 Rasskaz neizvestnogo cheloveka Chernyj monakh V ovrage Dom s mezoninom sost Knyazeva N / Palata â"-6 (In Russian) (2004) 1 copy
Cuentos 1 copy
Mi mujer, Flores tardías 1 copy
Extraña confesión 1 copy
Excelentes Personas 1 copy
El reto 1 copy
Entre chiquillos 1 copy
Избранное 1 copy
Избранное 1 copy
Drei Schwestern 1 copy
Anton Tschechow Gesammelte Werke in fünf Einzelbänden: Erzählungen aus den mittleren Jahren 1887-1892 (Winkler Dünndruck-Ausgabe) (1968) — Author — 1 copy
Eine Schreckensnacht 1 copy
Anton Tschechows Ausgewählte Prosa I: Ein Zweikampf, Der Taugenichts, Die Dame mit dem Spitz, Eine Bagatelle, Der Kuss, Gram, Schatten des Todes und dreizehn ... Taschenbuch:… (2021) — Author — 1 copy
Eine vorurteilsfreie Frau 1 copy
Eine schutzlose Frau 1 copy
Von der Liebe : Novellen 1 copy
Sairashuone no 6 1 copy
Ce fou de Platonov 1 copy
Valitut novellit 2. 2 1 copy
Ivanov 1 copy
Aro : ja muita novelleja 1 copy
Na velké ceste 1 copy
Suuret kertomukset. Osat 1-2 1 copy
Historia de una anguila 1 copy
El barranco y otros relatos 1 copy
The Stories of Anton Chekhov 1 copy
(Vi) a ward-boring story (the other 5 Hen) (Iwanami Bunko) (2009) ISBN: 4003262263 [Japanese Import] (2009) 1 copy
ΔΙΗΓΗΜΑΤΑ ΑΝΤΟΝ ΤΣΕΧΟΦ 1 copy
La Mouette 1 copy
Színművek 1 copy
A vizsgálóbíró 1 copy
Das weibliche Glück : acht Erzählungen — Author — 1 copy
Tutto il teatro : atti unici 1 copy
סיפורים מן הפרובינציה 1 copy
First Love and Other Stories 1 copy
Humoresken und Satiren II 1 copy
Der Kirschgarten. Regiebuch 1 copy
Truyện Ngắn A.P. Chekhov 1 copy
Peasant Women [Short story] 1 copy
Chekhow : Stories 1895-1897 1 copy
La sala número seis 1 copy
On the Way [short story] 1 copy
סיפורים מן הפרובינציה 1 copy
סיפורים 1 copy
Rasskazy. Povesti. P'esy. 1 copy
In the Court [Short story] 1 copy
Pis'ma iz Yalty 1 copy
The Vaudevilles: Short Plays 1 copy
A Wicked Boy 1 copy
La bruja (Spanish Edition) 1 copy
Vanka 1 copy
Extraña confesión 1 copy
Contes II 1 copy
Contes 1 copy
Els mugics 1 copy
La Rusia olvidada 1 copy
El tio Vania 1 copy
Un hombre irascible 1 copy
Los hombres que están de más 1 copy
Historia de mi vida novela 1 copy
Teatro completo 1 copy
La estepa / En el barranco 1 copy
NARRACIONES DE CHEJOV 1 copy
RELATOS CORTOS 1 copy
Cuentos Cortos: Iván Matveievitch, Las Sensaciones Fuertes y Grischa (Spanish Edition) (2019) 1 copy
El Mejor Teatro de Antón Chéjov: La Gaviota, El Tío Vania, El Jardín de los Cerezos, Tres Hermanas (Spanish Edition) (2015) 1 copy
Treze Contos 1 copy
Five Chekhov Plays 1 copy
Selected Stories 1 copy
Der Kirschgarten 1 copy
The Chameleon 1 copy
The Huntsman 1 copy
مجموعه آثار آنتوان چخوف 1 copy
Vierochka [short story] 1 copy
The Novelettes and Short Fictions of Chekhov (Russian and Chinese Version) (Chinese Edition) 切柯夫中短篇小说选 (2015) 1 copy
Easter Week. 1 copy
Letters of Chekhov 1 copy
The Notebook of Trigorin 1 copy
The Night Before Easter 1 copy
Overseasoned 1 copy
Best Plays of Anton Chekhov 1 copy
Excellent People and Other Short Stories: Revised Edition of Original Version (Classics to go) (2015) 1 copy
Typhus 1 copy
Volodya 1 copy
Ninocka e altri racconti 1 copy
Anton Chekhov, Plays 1 copy
[Rasskazy] [Audio] 1 copy
Two Plays 1 copy
Chuckle With Chekhov 1 copy
Novelle ja jutustusi 1 copy
Seçme Öyküler 1 copy
The Festivities 1 copy
L'uno e l'altra 1 copy
Plays of Anton Chekhov, The 1 copy
The Confession {short story} 1 copy
Heartache {short story} 1 copy
Indigestion [short story] — Author — 1 copy
The Tales of Chekhov, vol 11 1 copy
Great Russian Writers 1 copy
Russian Classics in Russian and English: Plays by Anton Chekhov (Dual-Language Book) (Russian Edition) (2010) 1 copy
An Encounter {short story} 1 copy
He Understood {short story} 1 copy
Spring {short story} 1 copy
The Nincompoop {short story} 1 copy
The Milksop {short story} 1 copy
Ninochka {short story} 1 copy
Surgery {short story} 1 copy
At Sea {short story} 1 copy
Théâtre complet de Tcekhov 1 copy
Chekov Stories 1 copy
The Examining Magistrate 1 copy
Der Kirschgarten. Komödie 1 copy
In Passion Week 1 copy
Typhus 1 copy
Too Early 1 copy
Peasants 1 copy
Shrove Tuesday 1 copy
Reading Chekhov's plays in Russian : Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard : a parallel-text Russian reader (2022) 1 copy
Frost 1 copy
ANTON CECHOV Racconti. 1 copy
Platonov (BBC Play of the Month) [1971 TV episode] — Playwright — 1 copy
Stories, Volume I 1 copy
Selected Works 1 copy
The cherry orchard 1 copy
Kumpulan Cerita Pendek 1 copy
The Portable Chekhov 1 copy
NOVELLE E RACCONTI, 2 Volumi 1 copy
RACCONTI 1 copy
Anton Chekov: Selcted Works 1 copy
Great Works of Anton Chekov 1 copy
Selected short stories 1 copy
The Schoolmistress 1 copy
PLAYS Vol 2 1 copy
Three one-act comedies 1 copy
Kül altındaki kor 1 copy
Η κρίση 1 copy
Izbrannye Razskazy 1 copy
Russian prose early XX century (IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE) / (??????? ????? ?????? ?? ???? / Russkaja proza nachala HH veka) (2005) 1 copy
Dhjete Novela 1 copy
Sobranie Socinienii, voll. 8 1 copy
The Island of Sakhalin. Translated by Luba and Michael Terpak. Introduction by Irina Ratushinskaya 1 copy
Ionych Vishnevyˆi sad 1 copy
The Schoolmaster 1 copy
On The Road 1 copy
Il duello e altri racconti 1 copy
A Lady’S Story 1 copy
Hush! 1 copy
A Peculiar Man 1 copy
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Annotated and Illustrated Edition 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Chekhov, Anton
- Legal name
- Че́хов, Анто́н Па́влович
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
Tchekhov, Anton Pavlovitch - Other names
- Txèkhov, Anton Pavlovitx
- Birthdate
- 1860-01-29
- Date of death
- 1904-07-15
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Moscow University (Medicine)
- Occupations
- physician
playwright
short story writer - Organizations
- Membro onorario dell'Accademia russa delle Scienze settore Letteratura
- Awards and honors
- Premio Puckin per la Letteratura
Pushkin Prize (1888) - Relationships
- Chekhov, Mikhail (brother)
Knipper, Olga (wife)
Chekhov, Michael (nephew)
Chekhov, Nikolay (brother) - Cause of death
- tuberculosis
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birthplace
- Taganrog Governorate, Russian Empire
- Places of residence
- Russia
- Place of death
- Badenweiler, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
- Burial location
- Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
- Map Location
- Russia
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3 things plague the protagonist of A Nervous Breakdown.
The first is thinking too much- unlike most who simply ‘accept’ things- this is the kind of man (much like those ‘Reasonable’ types like Plato and Aristotle) who asks ‘why’ at everything. He praises god because He created the world and the alternative is damnation. However his ‘reason’ is cannibalistic- cognitive dissonances (a thing arguably needed to survive and certainly to thrive) is something this man lacks, so when show more confronted with the fact that his ‘powerlessness’ and lack of character will result in damnation of oh so many- he breaks down.
Second, he feels too much. As said before, cognitive dissonance is something required to live- if one tries to have empathy for every fool, every dead dog- then he is unable to live. Atleast that’s the case for most people, some choose to break and reject the world rather than accept it (Jesus, Buddha, Jainism, etc).
Third- a martyr complex. That’s all it is however- a ‘complex’, not action. He feels too much, and does too little- for that you need to turn off your rational brain and enforce your Will, which this poor sap shall not do.
I hate it. Not Chekhov’s writing cause it’s poignant as always, not the story or setting but what it makes me face. My own weakness- I had a lot in common with Vasilyev and I hate it- his weakness, his desire for numbness, how much he thinks, what a burden consciousness is on him and how weak he is to breakdown rather than stand up and mold the world. His weakness, his flaws, his actions call out the things I keep repressed that it disgusts me. show less
The first is thinking too much- unlike most who simply ‘accept’ things- this is the kind of man (much like those ‘Reasonable’ types like Plato and Aristotle) who asks ‘why’ at everything. He praises god because He created the world and the alternative is damnation. However his ‘reason’ is cannibalistic- cognitive dissonances (a thing arguably needed to survive and certainly to thrive) is something this man lacks, so when show more confronted with the fact that his ‘powerlessness’ and lack of character will result in damnation of oh so many- he breaks down.
Second, he feels too much. As said before, cognitive dissonance is something required to live- if one tries to have empathy for every fool, every dead dog- then he is unable to live. Atleast that’s the case for most people, some choose to break and reject the world rather than accept it (Jesus, Buddha, Jainism, etc).
Third- a martyr complex. That’s all it is however- a ‘complex’, not action. He feels too much, and does too little- for that you need to turn off your rational brain and enforce your Will, which this poor sap shall not do.
I hate it. Not Chekhov’s writing cause it’s poignant as always, not the story or setting but what it makes me face. My own weakness- I had a lot in common with Vasilyev and I hate it- his weakness, his desire for numbness, how much he thinks, what a burden consciousness is on him and how weak he is to breakdown rather than stand up and mold the world. His weakness, his flaws, his actions call out the things I keep repressed that it disgusts me. show less
My ears were ringing after finishing this play, because it felt like everyone was yelling all the time. Ivanov, the title character, is a disillusioned, burned-out 35-year-old who no longer loves his wife but can’t actually tell her himself because that would be too easy. He has an affair with a younger woman and everyone thinks he’s after her for the money, so there’s a lot of shouting about that. The estate he lives on isn’t making much money and his loans are being called in, so show more there’s a lot of angsting about that. I’m around Ivanov’s age and can definitely relate to feeling like a failure after acquiring a lot of responsibilities that you can’t keep up with, but I couldn’t condone his keeping his wife in the dark, nor the fact that he and others hid from her that she was dying of tuberculosis. show less
The best part of this perfect collection was the note on the back cover stating that Chekhov's personal favorite of his own short stories was "The Student," which happens to be my favorite as well. It's only four pages long, but it so brilliantly presents the philosophy that runs throughout Chekhov's work that it made me reevaluate my view of everything I'd read up to that point.
When reading these 30 short stories, it's easy to fall into a deep, dark depression if you're not paying show more attention. A lot of bad things happen in just about every story, but not in a contrived, contrarian way like in a George RR Martin book, because every character feels real, every mistake feels real, and every consequence feels terribly, inescapably real.
But that's also the place from which each story's redemption comes, in almost the same manner. Every character feels real, every struggle against the machinations working against humanity feels real, and every hope against all reason that the future might be better feels real because all those things are real. Chekhov knew it all and felt it all and could convey it all in one percent of the space it took for the greatest writers in history to do the same.
And the best part about what Chekhov did? Throughout all the pain and joy, successes and failures, and laughter and tears of all these stories, not once did he pass judgment on anyone. Not a single character. There was never the slightest hint of favoritism, sympathy, condemnation, or any moralization whatsoever. He took what he wrote and who he wrote about and said, "Here's how it is, and that's that. Figure it out on your own." It takes a great deal of self-restraint and humility for a brilliant man and author to refrain from intentionally sprinkling a few of his own thoughts into his work, and it takes even more skill to keep from doing it accidentally. Tolstoy couldn't do it. Dostoevsky couldn't do it. But Chekhov did it over and over again. Lucky us.
Though all 30 stories in the collection are very good, I picked out some favorites in no particular order:
"The Death of a Clerk" (which should have been called "The Sneeze," but whatever)
"Gusev"
"A Boring Story," the longest story in the book and much better than the title would have you believe
"Peasant Women"
"The Black Monk"
"The House with the Mezzanine"
"The Student," which is my favorite
"Ward No. 6," "A Medical Case," and "On Official Business" are all great pieces that benefit from Chekhov's other career as a doctor
"The Fiancee" show less
When reading these 30 short stories, it's easy to fall into a deep, dark depression if you're not paying show more attention. A lot of bad things happen in just about every story, but not in a contrived, contrarian way like in a George RR Martin book, because every character feels real, every mistake feels real, and every consequence feels terribly, inescapably real.
But that's also the place from which each story's redemption comes, in almost the same manner. Every character feels real, every struggle against the machinations working against humanity feels real, and every hope against all reason that the future might be better feels real because all those things are real. Chekhov knew it all and felt it all and could convey it all in one percent of the space it took for the greatest writers in history to do the same.
And the best part about what Chekhov did? Throughout all the pain and joy, successes and failures, and laughter and tears of all these stories, not once did he pass judgment on anyone. Not a single character. There was never the slightest hint of favoritism, sympathy, condemnation, or any moralization whatsoever. He took what he wrote and who he wrote about and said, "Here's how it is, and that's that. Figure it out on your own." It takes a great deal of self-restraint and humility for a brilliant man and author to refrain from intentionally sprinkling a few of his own thoughts into his work, and it takes even more skill to keep from doing it accidentally. Tolstoy couldn't do it. Dostoevsky couldn't do it. But Chekhov did it over and over again. Lucky us.
Though all 30 stories in the collection are very good, I picked out some favorites in no particular order:
"The Death of a Clerk" (which should have been called "The Sneeze," but whatever)
"Gusev"
"A Boring Story," the longest story in the book and much better than the title would have you believe
"Peasant Women"
"The Black Monk"
"The House with the Mezzanine"
"The Student," which is my favorite
"Ward No. 6," "A Medical Case," and "On Official Business" are all great pieces that benefit from Chekhov's other career as a doctor
"The Fiancee" show less
How easy it is, Doctor, to be a philosopher on paper and, how difficult in real life.
The Seagull was a delightful exploration of binary contrasts, a meditation rocking the countryside as a mélange of folk gather by the shore of a lake for some Slavic R&R: adultery and suicide. I am only kidding. Echoing Hemingway, one would imagine all of Mother Rus hanging themselves judging by the pages of its marvelous literature. The contrast between urban and rural is explored as is the space between show more art and labor. Regret happens to ruminate and the servants receive a whole ruble to divide amongst themselves. There's a play-within-the-play which somehow struck me as did Bergman's Through A Glass Darkly and everyone appears to be quoting Hamlet. Substitute a sea gull for an albatross and pen a portrait of the artist (or author) as lecher and Bob's your uncle (but not Vanya). show less
The Seagull was a delightful exploration of binary contrasts, a meditation rocking the countryside as a mélange of folk gather by the shore of a lake for some Slavic R&R: adultery and suicide. I am only kidding. Echoing Hemingway, one would imagine all of Mother Rus hanging themselves judging by the pages of its marvelous literature. The contrast between urban and rural is explored as is the space between show more art and labor. Regret happens to ruminate and the servants receive a whole ruble to divide amongst themselves. There's a play-within-the-play which somehow struck me as did Bergman's Through A Glass Darkly and everyone appears to be quoting Hamlet. Substitute a sea gull for an albatross and pen a portrait of the artist (or author) as lecher and Bob's your uncle (but not Vanya). show less
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