The Steppe And Other Stories

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Readhowyouwant
ISBN 13 : 9781425056568
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steppe and the Other Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by Readhowyouwant. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'the Steppe and other Stories'', a collection is among the first of Chekhov's works to be published in a serious literary journal. The majority of tales in this collection focus on the issues faced by privileged class. The narration shows that the author never left his roots, being the son of an unsuccessful provincial grocer greatly influenced his writings. Interesting!

Author : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192836984
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steppe and Other Stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of Chekhov's works to be published in a serious literary journal, `The Steppe', with its masterly account of a spectacular thunderstorm, signifies his maturation as a writer of short stories. While the majority of his tales focus on the privileged classes, this selection shows that Chekhov never forgot his origins as the son of a failed provincial grocer, and characters as varied as the brutal soldier in `Gusev', the downtrodden old constable in `On Official Business', and the bemused peasants in `New Villa' testify to the power and flexibility of his art.

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141906855
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 written by Anton Chekhov and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2002-08-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces. The poignant 'The Lady with the Little Dog' and 'About Love' examine the nature of love outside of marriage - its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as 'Peasants', 'The House with the Mezzanine' and 'My Life' Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. With the works collected here, Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales - developing a broader range of characters and subject matter, while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire such modern short-story writers as Hemingway and Faulkner.

Author : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steppe & Other Stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1915 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141915706
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steppe and Other Stories, 1887-91 written by Anton Chekhov and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-01-27 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Chekhov's finest early writing reveals a young writer mastering the art of the short story. 'The Steppe', which established his reputation, is the unforgettable tale of a boy's journey to a new school in Kiev, travelling through majestic landscapes towards an unknown destiny. 'Gusev' depicts an ocean voyage, where the sea takes on a terrifying, primeval power; 'The Kiss' portrays a shy soldier's failed romantic encounter; and in 'The Duel' two men's enmity ends in farce. Haunting and highly atmospheric, all the stories in this volume show a writer emerging from the shadow of his masters - Tolstoy, Turgenev and Gogol - and discovering his own voice. They also illustrate Chekhov's genius for evoking the natural world and exploring inner lives.

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030742829X
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Short Novels written by Anton Chekhov and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Aanton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novels–here brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. The Steppe–the most lyrical of the five–is an account of a nine-year-old boy’s frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia. The Duel sets two decadent figures–a fanatical rationalist and a man of literary sensibility–on a collision course that ends in a series of surprising reversals. In The Story of an Unknown Man, a political radical spying on an important official by serving as valet to his son gradually discovers that his own terminal illness has changed his long-held priorities in startling ways. Three Years recounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant. In My Life, a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labor. The resulting conflict between the moral simplicity of his ideals and the complex realities of human nature culminates in a brief apocalyptic vision that is unique in Chekhov’s work.

Author : Antón Chékhov
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458707040
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steppe and the Other Stories written by Antón Chékhov and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Steppe and other Stories," a collection is among the first of Chekhov's works to be published in a serious literary journal. The majority of tales in this collection focus on the issues faced by privileged class. The narration shows that the author never left his roots, being the son of an unsuccessful provincial grocer greatly influenced his writings. Interesting!

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525520821
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty-Two Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the celebrated, award-winning translators of Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov: a lavish volume of stories by one of the most influential short fiction writers of all time Anton Chekhov left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more so than short fiction. Now, renowned translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us their renderings of fifty-two Chekhov stories. These stories, which span the complete arc of his career, reveal the extraordinary variety and unexpectedness of his work, from the farcically comic to the darkly complex, showing that there is no one single type of “Chekhov story.” They are populated by a remarkable range of characters who come from all parts of Russia and all walks of life, including landowners, peasants, soldiers, farmers, teachers, students, hunters, shepherds, mistresses, wives, and children. Taken together, they demonstrate how Chekhov democratized the form. Included in this volume are tales translated into English for the first time, including “Reading” and “An Educated Blockhead.” Early stories such as “Joy,” “Anguish,” and “A Little Joke” sit alongside such later works as “The Siren,” “Big Volodya and Little Volodya,” “In the Cart,” and “About Love.” In its range, in its narrative artistry, and in its perceptive probing of the human condition, this collection promises profound delight.

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steppe: The Story of a Journey written by Anton Chekhov and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Steppe: The Story of a Journey' is a novella by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. In a narrative that drifts with the thought processes of the characters, Chekhov evokes a chaise journey across the steppe through the eyes of a young boy sent to live away from home, along with several companions, including his parish priest and his uncle, a merchant.

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Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231551819
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Suncranes and Other Stories written by and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the twentieth century, Mongolian life was transformed, as a land of nomadic communities encountered first socialism and then capitalism and their promises of new societies. The stories collected in this anthology offer literary snapshots of Mongolian life throughout this tumult. Suncranes and Other Stories showcases a range of powerful voices and their vivid portraits of nomads, revolution, and the endless steppe. Spanning the years following the socialist revolution of 1921 through the early twenty-first century, these stories from the country’s most highly regarded prose writers show how Mongolian culture has forged links between the traditional and the modern. Writers employ a wide range of styles, from Aesopian fables through socialist realism to more experimental forms, influenced by folktales and epics as well as Western prose models. They depict the drama of a nomadic population struggling to understand a new approach to life imposed by a foreign power while at the same time benefiting from reforms, whether in the capital city Ulaanbaatar or on the steppe. Across the mix of stories, Mongolia’s majestic landscape and the people’s deep connection to it come through vividly. For all English-speaking readers curious about Mongolia’s people and culture, Simon Wickhamsmith’s translations make available this captivating literary tradition and its rich portrayals of the natural and social worlds.