Katherine's review
Stories of Anton Chekhov
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Katherine's review
Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Katherine's review
rating:
Finally got around to Chekhov's short stories this year. I'd been hearing his name as a must-read for quite some time - he either invented or defined many of the narrative possibilities inherent in the short story.
Based on how others had raved, I sat down preparing to be completely blown away. (Some people just go crazy for Chekhov!) I made a fair-sized dent in the book and it just wasn't happening - sure, the stories were great and intelligently crafted, and "The Lady with the Little Dog" was very touching, but the sublime had yet to make an appearance.
And then I reached "The Student."
Good GOD.
When I finished reading it, I went back and reread it at least three times. The dust jacket describes it as "a moving piece about the importance of religious tradition," but I saw it as a perfect statement of why people tell stories:
"'The past,' he thought, 'is linked with the present by an unbroken chain of events flowing one ...more
Based on how others had raved, I sat down preparing to be completely blown away. (Some people just go crazy for Chekhov!) I made a fair-sized dent in the book and it just wasn't happening - sure, the stories were great and intelligently crafted, and "The Lady with the Little Dog" was very touching, but the sublime had yet to make an appearance.
And then I reached "The Student."
Good GOD.
When I finished reading it, I went back and reread it at least three times. The dust jacket describes it as "a moving piece about the importance of religious tradition," but I saw it as a perfect statement of why people tell stories:
"'The past,' he thought, 'is linked with the present by an unbroken chain of events flowing one ...more
