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21. Chekhov for the Stage: The Seagull/Uncle Vanya/the Three Sisters/the Cherry Orchard/4 Plays in 1 Volume by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Hardcover: 225
Pages
(1992-05)
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Chekov was a master playwright.
A Dramatic Classic Chekhov utilizes arealistic writing style.Fantastic and absurd stories where the actorsjust flailed around on stage and delivered their lines were of little useto him.His plays can be viewed in many different ways.A scene that atone moment can seem tragic, can be comedic if looked at another way.Thereis no consistant good or evil in a Chekhov piece.He once wrote,"depict life as it actually is.Its aim is truth, unconditional andhonest... a man of letters... has to... realize that dung heaps play a verysignificant role in a landscape and that evil passions are as inherent inlife as good ones."He wanted the emotions that the characters wereexperiencing to be sensed in the actions of the actors on stage, not in thewords that anyone could sit down and read.This makes his work some of themore difficult to perform in theatre today.Only an experienced actor whois able to create a reality of their character is capable of performing aChekhov play.Chekhov's comedies are often mistaken for tragidies.Theyare actually perfect examples of high comedy.In a true tragedy, the maincharacters have some heroic qualities that make their fall devestating tothe audience.The characters in Chekhov's plays "The Seagull,"and "The Cherry Orchard" have no such qualities.Chekhov alsohad a very particular way of writing his play.He set out with a purpose. He felt that the writer of the play needed a clearly defined reason to bewriting, or else they would find themselves lost with a mediocre piece ofwork. ... Read more |
22. Tatyana Repina : Two Translated Texts: The 1888 Four-Act Tatyana Repina by Alexei Suvorin and Anton Chekhov's 1889 One-Act Continuation; With an Introduction and Appendices by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Library Binding: 280
Pages
(1999-01)
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23. Notebook of Anton Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Paperback: 146
Pages
(1987-10)
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A Glimmer of Insight into the Master of the Short Story Chekhov's stories are, of course, classic examples of the genre. In writing those stories, he was known (not surprisingly) to draw on numerous incidents from his everyday life. As Vladimir Nabokov relates in his "Lectures on Russian Literature," interpolating and quoting from an article on Chekhov: " 'Do you know how I write my short stories?' [Chekhov] said to Korolenko, the radical journalist and short story writer, when the latter had just made his acquaintance. 'Here's how!' 'He glanced at his table,' Korolenko tells us, 'took up the first object that met his eye--it happened to be an ash tray--placed it before me and said: "If you want it you'll have a story to-morrow. It will be called 'The Ash Tray.' " ' And it seemed to Korolenko then and there that a magical transformation of that ash tray was taking place: 'Certain indefinite situations, adventures which had not yet found concrete form, were already beginning to crystallize about the ash tray.' " Chekhov regularly recorded seemingly mundane daily incidents in notebooks and diaries and later referred to them in writing his stories. It is from this material that Koteliansky and Woolf have drawn in compiling the short (146 pages) collection of materials titled "Notebook of Anton Chekhov." While hardly an exhaustive collection of these materials, it is a useful little volume that illustrates some of Chekhov's writing habits. The diary excerpts are a mere twelve pages from Chekhov's 1896 diary. The notebook excerpts are 130 pages from the notebooks written between 1894 and 1896. As the translators note in their short introduction to this collection, "[the] volume consists of notes, themes and sketches for works which Anton Chekhov intended to write, and are characteristic of the methods of his artistic production. If he used any material, he used to strike it out in the note-book." While unfortunately out of print, "Notebook of Anton Chekhov" is a fascinating companion to Chekhov's stories, a little glimmer of insight into how Chekhov created the remarkably drawn pictures of nineteenth century Russian life that still enchant readers today.
A Glimmer of Insight Into the Master of the Short Story Chekhov's stories are, of course, classic examples of the genre.In writing those stories, he was known (not surprisingly) to draw on numerous incidents from his everyday life.As Vladimir Nabokov relates in his "Lectures on Russian Literature," interpolating and quoting from an article on Chekhov: " 'Do you know how I write my short stories?' [Chekhov] said to Korolenko, the radical journalist and short story writer, when the latter had just made his acquaintance.'Here's how!''He glanced at his table,' Korolenko tells us, 'took up the first object that met his eye--it happened to be an ash tray--placed it before me and said: "If you want it you'll have a story to-morrow.It will be called 'The Ash Tray.' " ' And it seemed to Korolenko then and there that a magical transformation of that ash tray was taking place: 'Certain indefinite situations, adventures which had not yet found concrete form, were already beginning to crystallize about the ash tray.' " The diary excerpts are a mere twelve pages from Chekhov's 1896 diary.The notebook excerpts are 130 pages from the notebooks written between 1894 and 1896. As the translators note in their short introduction to this collection, "[the] volume consists of notes, themes and sketches for works which Anton Chekhov intended to write, and are characteristic of the methods of his artistic production. If he used any material, he used to strike it out in the note-book." While unfortunately out of print, "Notebook of Anton Chekhov" is a fascinating companion to Chekhov's stories, a little glimmer of insight into how Chekhov created the remarkably drawn pictures of nineteenth century Russian life that still enchant readers today. ... Read more |
24. The Selected Short Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov | |
Kindle Edition: 320
Pages
(2004-07-01)
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25. Steppe and Other Stories (Short Story Index Reprint Series) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Hardcover: 296
Pages
(1915-06)
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The beginnings of a master writer . . . |
26. Love and Other Stories (The Tales of Chekhov, Vol 13) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Paperback: 351
Pages
(1987-04)
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27. The Oxford Chekhov: Volume 5: Stories 1889-1891 by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Hardcover: 270
Pages
(1970-03-15)
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28. The Duel and Other Stories: The Tales of Chekhov (Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, Short Stories. V. 2.) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Paperback: 323
Pages
(1984-04)
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Exploring the Mind |
29. The Oxford Chekhov: Volume 2: Platonov; Ivanov; The Seagull by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Hardcover: 376
Pages
(1967-12-31)
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30. Longer Stories from the Last Decade (Modern Library) by Anton Chekhov | |
Hardcover: 640
Pages
(1993-11-16)
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The world's shortest great novels.
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Everything's here Well, this is wonderful: everything essential from his short stories (that I've come across) is in these three volumes - making them, I suppose, the greatest collection of short stories every printed.I wish the Modern Library would publish them in paperback, like they did with the six volumes of In Search of Lost Time - I think there's still an audience, although the fact that I found Karlinsky's edition of Chekhov's letters in the bargain bin at my local bookstore (an independent, literary bookstore, no less!) has further lowered my faith in the existence of a large, intelligent American readership. In any case, publishing more books like this is a small first step in creating one: people who think that anything praised as literature today must be either pointlessly obscure or unconcerned with the real business of life will find an author who'll make it clear why we bother distinguishing between art and trash at all.Reviewers, instead of holding up the masterpiece of the month, may want to take the time to point out wonderful re-issues like this. ... Read more |
31. Chekhov: "The Vaudevilles" and Other Short Works (Great Translations for Actors Series) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Paperback: 212
Pages
(1998-02)
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32. The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-Three New Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Paperback: 212
Pages
(2000-06)
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Editorial Review Amazon.com All the qualities the more mature Chekhov is known for in his later works areapparent in these early stories: unconventional narratives, tremendous wit,psychological perspicacity, and above all that peculiarly modern interest inwhy human beings behave the way they do. Translator Peter Constantine'sintroduction gives readers both a good overview of Chekhov's life and a literary context for appreciating the stories collected here, but it is Chekhov himselfwhose remarkable brilliance will keep readers coming back for more. --AlixWilber Customer Reviews (2)
A "must" for Chekov fans & Russian literature students.
Pure delight - early Chekhov as enjoyable as later Examples of pieces in thebook: "First Aid" is a short story in which the inepitude of thecivil service/nobility kills a drunk "drowning" victim throughfolk medicine (tossing on a rug) and vague "CPR"instructions. "From the Diary of an Assistant Bookkeeper" is atale of perpetual hope of promotion based on the demise of the currentbookkeeper given in the form of a diary. "Questions Posed by a MadMathematician" presents the worst fears for a mathmatics test. Example: "I was chased by 30 dogs, 7 of which were white, 8 gray, andthe rest black.Which of my legs was bitten, the right or theleft?" "Confession - or Olya, Zhenya, Zoya: A Letter" is abachelor's explanation of why he has never married - the disasters (fromhiccups up) that have foiled each proposal. The remaining pieces are asdiverse and entertaining.The pieces are the best of over 400 short piecesavailable from the early period.Even if you don't generally read Russianliterature you will enjoy these pieces. ... Read more |
33. The Darling and Other Stories: The Tales of Chekhov (Tales of Chekhov (Ecco)) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Paperback: 329
Pages
(1984-04)
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34. The Unknown Chekhov: Stories and Other Writings by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Avrahm Yarmolinsky | |
Paperback: 316
Pages
(1987-04)
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35. Chekhov's Early Plays by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Carol Rocamora | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(1999-07)
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36. The Oxford Chekhov: Volume 7: Stories 1893-1895 by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | |
Hardcover: 330
Pages
(1978-12-07)
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37. Monologues from Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Mason W. Cartwright | |
Paperback: 64
Pages
(1987-12)
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38. The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov (Cambridge Companions to Literature) | |
Hardcover: 328
Pages
(2000-12-04)
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39. If Only We Could Know!: An Interpretation of Chekhov by Vladimir Kataev | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(2003-09-25)
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finally in english! |
40. Treasury of Classic Russian Love Short Stories: In Russian and English by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Luna Han | |
Hardcover: 167
Pages
(1997-12)
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sloppy linguistics |
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