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Rothschilds Geige: Erzählungen 1893 - 1896
Aus dem Russischen von Gerhard Dick, Ada Knipper, Michael Pfeiffer, Hertha von Schulz. Herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen von Peter Urban.
Volodja der Große und Volodja der Kleine / Der schwarze Mönch / Weiberwirtschaft / Rothschilds Geige / Der Student / Der Literaturlehrer / Auf dem Gutshof / Die Erzählung des Obergärtners / Die Gattin / Anna am Halse / Weißstirnchen / Der Mord / Ariadna / Das Haus mit dem Zwischenstock.
Volodja der Große und Volodja der Kleine / Der schwarze Mönch / Weiberwirtschaft / Rothschilds Geige / Der Student / Der Literaturlehrer / Auf dem Gutshof / Die Erzählung des Obergärtners / Die Gattin / Anna am Halse / Weißstirnchen / Der Mord / Ariadna / Das Haus mit dem Zwischenstock.
336 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2000
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Anton Chekhov
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Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
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August 11, 2024
Uma maravilhosa surpresa. Contos inacreditavelmente atuais escritos por um jovem Tchekhov em mil oitocentos e bolinha que me entretiveram e me fizeram tanto rir quanto refletir sobre forma e conteúdo.
“Escrever é a coisa mais simples do mundo! E não vale um rublo.”
“Escrever é a coisa mais simples do mundo! E não vale um rublo.”
December 16, 2024
3.5 Sterne. Gibt bessere Kurzgeschichtensammlungen von ihm. Gut gefallen aus dieser Sammlung haben mir vor allem die Titelgeschichte, Der Student, Die Gattin und natürlich Das Haus mit dem Zwischenstock, welche ich aber schon aus einer anderen Sammlung kannte.
March 11, 2025
Leí El violín de Rothschild, un cuento de una profundidad que solo Chéjov puede lograr. Simplemente increíble. La fugacidad de la vida, la redención y el paso inexorable del tiempo son algunos de los temas sobre los que Chéjov nos invita a reflexionar. Tremendo.
March 6, 2014
English version - IMHO - Chekov's finest dark story
April 28, 2025
Dans ces seize nouvelles, on y lit la misère et les souffrances des paysans et de la petite bourgeoisie provinciale russes. La mort, les pertes injustes et le destin inexorable frappent, indistinctement. Les douleurs s'expriment, le plus souvent silencieusement, à la recherche d'une oreille attentive qui n'existe pas. Mais, qui que l'on soit, le malheur se vit avec cette fierté et cette force du peuple russe, terriblement admirable, absolument bouleversante.
Tchékhov démontre une écriture par laquelle on découvre un pan de ces vies. Son grand talent, parmi tant d'autres, est d'offrir miraculeusement une lumière dans ses récits, extrêmement subtile et néanmoins capable de réconfort. Le lecteur ne peut que ressentir tout l'amour de l'auteur pour ces petites gens, pour cette âme russe et surtout pour la langue russe. Celle-ci se montre telle qu'elle est, authentique et crue. On doit pour cela saluer le travail superbe du traducteur André Markowicz. C'est ainsi que l'on peut lire, en français, ces récits sublimes de profondeur et porteurs d'émotions fortes.
Tchékhov démontre une écriture par laquelle on découvre un pan de ces vies. Son grand talent, parmi tant d'autres, est d'offrir miraculeusement une lumière dans ses récits, extrêmement subtile et néanmoins capable de réconfort. Le lecteur ne peut que ressentir tout l'amour de l'auteur pour ces petites gens, pour cette âme russe et surtout pour la langue russe. Celle-ci se montre telle qu'elle est, authentique et crue. On doit pour cela saluer le travail superbe du traducteur André Markowicz. C'est ainsi que l'on peut lire, en français, ces récits sublimes de profondeur et porteurs d'émotions fortes.
October 27, 2020
Cuando estamos acostumbrados a que los autores rusos de la misma época son dados a escribir largas novelas, suponemos que para que puedan ser leídas durante los largos inviernos rusos. Chéjov es un maestro para los relatos cortos.
En este volumen en particular se tratan, centralmente dos temas, a saber, el amor y la muerte. El amor relacionado con el matrimonio y la crítica o descripción de como el matrimonio por amor está subvalorado en la Rusia de la época y si bien, el amor entre dos amantes está idealizado, se comprende que al final, un matrimonio arreglado termina siendo más funcional.
La muerte, o más bien, la vida como un hecho. Como se va en un instante y una vez llega la muerte, las personas somos olvidadas o recordadas. ¿Transcendemos o no?
En este volumen en particular se tratan, centralmente dos temas, a saber, el amor y la muerte. El amor relacionado con el matrimonio y la crítica o descripción de como el matrimonio por amor está subvalorado en la Rusia de la época y si bien, el amor entre dos amantes está idealizado, se comprende que al final, un matrimonio arreglado termina siendo más funcional.
La muerte, o más bien, la vida como un hecho. Como se va en un instante y una vez llega la muerte, las personas somos olvidadas o recordadas. ¿Transcendemos o no?
August 17, 2018
Chéjov es capaz de construir vidas enteras para sus personajes que se sienten ricas y complejas. En este volumen, el tema subyacente visible en varios de los relatos es la futilidad de la vida. En ellos habla de vidas desperdiciadas, de vidas olvidadas y de muertes que no afectan al mundo, que sigue su curso sin siquiera notarlas.
Relatos favoritos en orden de lectura:
La corista
Volodia ☆
Terror
El violín de Rothschild
El hombre enfundado
Sobre el amor
Dúshechka
Relatos favoritos en orden de lectura:
La corista
Volodia ☆
Terror
El violín de Rothschild
El hombre enfundado
Sobre el amor
Dúshechka
May 18, 2018
Big and little crimes that we perpetrate upon one another. Standouts: "The Black Monk" and "Rothschild's Fiddle". I appreciated the sweet lance of feeling I received from "On Trial", "The Kiss", "A Trifling Occurrence", and "Old Age". I did not reread "The Hollow" or "A Tiresome Story" ("In the Ravine" and "A Dull Story" from Ward Six, respectively).
June 28, 2023
Son cuentos cortos, pero el violín de Rothschild corto pero que profundo, de mucha reflexión de no darnos cuenta como se va el tiempo, que hiciste y que no hiciste, que perdiste y tal vez que poco ganaste.
January 10, 2019
Del paso de la vida y lo que queda del recuerdo. Vidas corrientes, historias reales y oportunidades perdidas
April 16, 2019
"Celui ne lui faisait aucune peine de mourir, mais lorsqu'en rentrant il aperçut son violon, son cœur se serra, et il souffrit."
January 7, 2020
Uno de los relatos que más me ha gustado: "El hombre enfundado".
May 20, 2020
Abgebrochen
November 15, 2022
si tu lis sans larmes tu es mort
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October 12, 2023Un très beau récit gâché par l’antisémitisme omniprésent. Dommage
September 25, 2024
j’ai bien aimé le violon de rothshild mais un peu moins l’étudiant
December 7, 2024
Very bleak, interesting.
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