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Рассказ, впервые опубликованый в журнале "Осколки", 1886, № 2, 11 января (цензура разрешила 10 января), стр. 4. Заглавие: Сорвалось! Подпись: А. Чехонте.
Вошло в издание А. Ф. Маркса.
Рассказ был отправлен в "Осколки", очевидно, 5 января 1886 г. Н. А. Лейкин писал Чехову 7 января: "Получил Ваше письмо с приложением оригинала для "Осколков", добрейший Антон Павлович, и просто ужаснулся, не найдя в нем мелочишек, а только один рассказ. А между тем я рассчитывал, полагая сделать № 2 полуторным ‹...› Рассказы есть, но ведь одними рассказами нельзя наполнять номер" (ГБЛ).
Для собрания сочинений Чехов изменил заглавие и выправил текст, освободив его от грубоватого юмора (имя мамаши Егоза Петровна исправлено на Клеопатра Петровна, фраза "Берите, лопайте!" – на "Берите, я побежден" и т. п.). Существенно изменен финал: вместо бойкой фразы "Всё погибло!" появился спокойный авторский рассказ о сконфуженных Пепловых и бежавшем учителе.
При жизни Чехова рассказ был переведен на болгарский, немецкий, польский, сербскохорватский, финский, чешский и шведский языки.
Вошло в издание А. Ф. Маркса.
Рассказ был отправлен в "Осколки", очевидно, 5 января 1886 г. Н. А. Лейкин писал Чехову 7 января: "Получил Ваше письмо с приложением оригинала для "Осколков", добрейший Антон Павлович, и просто ужаснулся, не найдя в нем мелочишек, а только один рассказ. А между тем я рассчитывал, полагая сделать № 2 полуторным ‹...› Рассказы есть, но ведь одними рассказами нельзя наполнять номер" (ГБЛ).
Для собрания сочинений Чехов изменил заглавие и выправил текст, освободив его от грубоватого юмора (имя мамаши Егоза Петровна исправлено на Клеопатра Петровна, фраза "Берите, лопайте!" – на "Берите, я побежден" и т. п.). Существенно изменен финал: вместо бойкой фразы "Всё погибло!" появился спокойный авторский рассказ о сконфуженных Пепловых и бежавшем учителе.
При жизни Чехова рассказ был переведен на болгарский, немецкий, польский, сербскохорватский, финский, чешский и шведский языки.
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First published January 11, 1886
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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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April 23, 2016
I arranged my thoughts on this short story into a haiku:
"Knowing yourself caught,
Boxed in when the trap is sprung,
Fools do karma's work. "
"Knowing yourself caught,
Boxed in when the trap is sprung,
Fools do karma's work. "
August 30, 2016
2 Stars
Writing was good but I didn't like the story..
Never mind, this Short story passed my boring time. So for that, 2 stars are enough.
Writing was good but I didn't like the story..
Never mind, this Short story passed my boring time. So for that, 2 stars are enough.
February 21, 2024
I lov Chekhov
November 24, 2021
Sometimes a story is so SO short, it virtually becomes impossible to review or comment on. This story is one. It won't even take five minutes to read. The story is about the morning start to a lesson in a Russian School with the head teacher bring an Ikon out for people to do their morning worship/ blessings, but, the wrong image is brought out.
Too short.
Too short.
June 2, 2024
A humorous quick little tale of love and mistakes
November 8, 2018
Предыдущий рассказ, который я снова прочитал у Чехова, было про жесткое наущение жены от супруга, и вот тут отличное совпадеине, похожий рассказчик подвернулся :-) Только тут веселье на душе возникает ну сразу после первого предложения :-)
Тут супруги прислушиваются (через закрытую дверь) к разгтовору их пухленькой дочери с потенциальным зятем :-) Они ходят побыстрее подцепить его, то есть в тот же час, как только подвернется удобной момент в ихний разговорчик, заставить его помолвиться с дочерью. И вот, что он в один момент жене говорит:
"...как только заговорят о чувствах, тотчас же снимай со стены образ и идем благословлять... Накроем... Благословение образом свято и ненарушимо... Не отвертится тогда, пусть хоть в суд подает."
Ну, просто умора, дикая умора! :-))
Тут супруги прислушиваются (через закрытую дверь) к разгтовору их пухленькой дочери с потенциальным зятем :-) Они ходят побыстрее подцепить его, то есть в тот же час, как только подвернется удобной момент в ихний разговорчик, заставить его помолвиться с дочерью. И вот, что он в один момент жене говорит:
"...как только заговорят о чувствах, тотчас же снимай со стены образ и идем благословлять... Накроем... Благословение образом свято и ненарушимо... Не отвертится тогда, пусть хоть в суд подает."
Ну, просто умора, дикая умора! :-))
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August 26, 2021A simple story about a couple trying to eavesdrop on their daughter’s love scene with her school teacher in the other room, and they’re waiting to enter at the right time to trap the respectful teacher into a marriage agreement. An earnest portrayal of the grassroots yearning to leap into a more respectful strata, and the consequences that come with it… something that comes across as a recurrent theme in Chekhov’s stories.
February 22, 2018
Funny, satirical, and borderline preposterous, A Blunder showcases Chekhov's keen observation on love, marriage, and faith.
November 28, 2023
Hilarious!
December 24, 2025
Very short and simple, a blunder foils a dastardly plan
January 20, 2016
Good short story that shows respectful marriage that is joined by literature. The blessed writing teacher shows his respects and asks for his students hand. Literature connecting two people in marriage while the parents bless the marriage.
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June 26, 2021
iconic.
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