My Life: The Story of a Provincial
by Anton Chekhov
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"Renowned as the greatest short story writer ever, Anton Chekhov was also a master of the novella, and perhaps his most overlooked is this gem, My Life the tale of a rebellious young man so disgusted with bourgeois society that he drops out to live amongst the working classes, only to find himself confronted by the morally and mentally deadening effects of provincialism. The 1896 tale is partly a commentary on Tolstoyan philosophy, and partly an autobiographical reflection on Chekhov's own show more small-town background. But it is, more importantly, Chekhov in his prime, displaying all his famous strengths vivid characters, restrained but telling details, and brilliant psychological observation and one of his most stirring themes- the youthful struggle to maintain idealism against growing isolation." show lessTags
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Misail Poloznev es un veinteañero de una ciudad de provincias cuya vida laboral va dando tumbos. Enfrentado al despotismo de su padre arquitecto, deja el hogar y abraza trabajos sencillos, como el de pintor de brocha gorda. Se casará con una joven de clase alta, pero ésta lo abandonará con la misma frivolidad que se acercó a él. Desheredado, Misail y su hermana se enfrentarán a los prejuicios y rémoras de una sociedad, la rusa, que apenas puede ya respirar en las postrimerías del régimen zarista. Si Chéjov nos presenta la opresión que ejercen acomodados y ricos, en su haber como escritor está el no habernos ahorrado ninguna de las mezquindades de la embrutecida clase obrera y campesina, anestesiada –y bien lo vio él, que show more era médico–por el alcohol. show less
Jul 22, 2022Spanish
Misail Poloznev es un veinteañero de una ciudad de provincias cuya vida laboral va dando tumbos. Enfrentado al despotismo de su padre arquitecto, deja el hogar y abraza trabajos sencillos, como el de pintor de brocha gorda. Se casará con una joven de clase alta, pero ésta lo abandonará con la misma frivolidad que se acercó a él. Desheredado, Misail y su hermana se enfrentarán a los prejuicios y rémoras de una sociedad, la rusa, que apenas puede ya respirar en las postrimerías del régimen zarista. Si Chéjov nos presenta la opresión que ejercen acomodados y ricos, en su haber como escritor está el no habernos ahorrado ninguna de las mezquindades de la embrutecida clase obrera y campesina, anestesiada –y bien lo vio él, que show more era médico–por el alcohol. show less
Jul 22, 2022Spanish
Minha vida, de Anton Tchekhov, é uma pequena obra-prima que se destaca no conjunto dos trabalhos do autor por se tratar de um romance, gênero ao qual pouco se dedicou. Ao descrever com tamanha habilidade os desalentos, a angústia e a solidão de Missail, protagonista e narrador desta história, o autor revela o impasse entre o desejo de auto-realização e o choque com a realidade, marcas de nossa limitada condição humana. Um livro notável, na melhor tradição de uma literatura que nunca deixa de encantar e questionar, sem concessões.
Jun 23, 2021Portuguese (Portugal)
Ma Vie (Histoire d'un provincial) - En voyage - Le Père - Agâphia - Du Champagne - La Sorcière - lônytch
Ma vie: Missaïl, fils de l'architecte de la ville, descendant d'une famille noble, ne peut se résoudre vivre cette vie de bourgeois que lui confère son droit de naissance. Il ne rêve que de travail manuel. - En voyage: Une chambre d'hôtel, une nuit de tempête, une rencontre fortuite, propice aux confidences... - Le Père: Rencontre du père avec son fils. La déchéance du père, sa descente aux enfers, en opposition avec la réussite et la bonté de ses fils. - Agäphia: Sâvka, garde-maraîcher, par désoeuvrement, exerce un prestige puissant et invincible sur les dulcinées du village. - Du champagne: Récit d'une show more imprévisible destinée. - La Sorcière: Le chantre Savèli soupçonne sa femme d'être une sorcière. Jusqu'où l'emmèneront ses soupçons? - Iônytch: Les illusions perdues de Iônytch dans la petite ville de S... show less
Ma vie: Missaïl, fils de l'architecte de la ville, descendant d'une famille noble, ne peut se résoudre vivre cette vie de bourgeois que lui confère son droit de naissance. Il ne rêve que de travail manuel. - En voyage: Une chambre d'hôtel, une nuit de tempête, une rencontre fortuite, propice aux confidences... - Le Père: Rencontre du père avec son fils. La déchéance du père, sa descente aux enfers, en opposition avec la réussite et la bonté de ses fils. - Agäphia: Sâvka, garde-maraîcher, par désoeuvrement, exerce un prestige puissant et invincible sur les dulcinées du village. - Du champagne: Récit d'une show more imprévisible destinée. - La Sorcière: Le chantre Savèli soupçonne sa femme d'être une sorcière. Jusqu'où l'emmèneront ses soupçons? - Iônytch: Les illusions perdues de Iônytch dans la petite ville de S... show less
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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 collection of his humorous writings, Motley show more 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
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- Canonical title
- My Life: The Story of a Provincial
- Original title
- Моя жизнь
- Original publication date
- 1896
- Original language
- Russian
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
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- 891.733 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature East Indo-European and Celtic literatures Russian and East Slavic languages Russian fiction 1800–1917
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- PG3456 .M6 .G37 — Language and Literature Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Slavic. Baltic. Albanian Russian literature Individual authors and works 1870-1917 Chekhov
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