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سحر الشرق
من الأدب الروسي الكلاسيكي
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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 16, 2023
الكتاب عبارة عن مجموعة من القصص القصيرة الساخرة، لمجموعة من الكتاب الكلاسيكين الروس، والذين اشتهر بعضهم وبقي الآخر منهم في الظل.
تتناول القصص العديد من الجوانب السياسية، والثقافية، والإجتماعية للمجتمع الروسي في القرن التاسع عشر.
ومن أبرز الكتاب، أنطون تشيخوف، وشقيقة الاكبر ألكسندر تشيخوف، ونابوكوف، وتيفي، وأندريه بلاتونوف، وسولجينيتسين وغيرهم.
حظي أنطون تشيخوف بحصة القصص الأكثر وهي ستة نصوص أما بقية الكتاب، فقد تراوحت مشاركتهم ما بين نص واحد وأربعة نصوص، ومن عناوينها، مسمار في الحائط، كائن ضعيف، الوسام (أنطون تشيخوف)، والكلمة، والجميلة، والموسى، وعفريت الغابة، (نابوكوف)، وسحر الشرق، ونحو نظرية الحب، (تيفي).
كما أن المترجم قدم سيرة ذاتية مختصرة لكل كاتب، لتساعد القارئ على التعرف على الكُتاب وسيرهم الإبداعية.
تتناول القصص العديد من الجوانب السياسية، والثقافية، والإجتماعية للمجتمع الروسي في القرن التاسع عشر.
ومن أبرز الكتاب، أنطون تشيخوف، وشقيقة الاكبر ألكسندر تشيخوف، ونابوكوف، وتيفي، وأندريه بلاتونوف، وسولجينيتسين وغيرهم.
حظي أنطون تشيخوف بحصة القصص الأكثر وهي ستة نصوص أما بقية الكتاب، فقد تراوحت مشاركتهم ما بين نص واحد وأربعة نصوص، ومن عناوينها، مسمار في الحائط، كائن ضعيف، الوسام (أنطون تشيخوف)، والكلمة، والجميلة، والموسى، وعفريت الغابة، (نابوكوف)، وسحر الشرق، ونحو نظرية الحب، (تيفي).
كما أن المترجم قدم سيرة ذاتية مختصرة لكل كاتب، لتساعد القارئ على التعرف على الكُتاب وسيرهم الإبداعية.
February 13, 2018
مجموعة رائعة لا تتوفر منها نسخ رقمية على الإنترنت
ولا حتى في أي مكان آخر حسب علمي
استمتعت في قراءتها كل يوم صباحا تقريبا في المواصلات
-حتى انني لم أستطع تمالك نفسي عن الضحك في مكان عام ههه- لكنني لم أقدر
إحدى هذه القصص كانت ساخرة جدا جدا
استمرار جميل لقراءتي مع الأدب الروسي
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November 27, 2017مجموعة قصصية لعدد من كتاب روس، البعض منهم معروف كانطون تشيخوف والكسندر سولوجستين وآخرون غير معروفين كــ ناديجدا لوخفيتسكايا و أركادي أفيرتشينكو ، وهي على العموم مجموعة رائعة كعادة الكتاب الروس ، مجموعة ساخرة ، اجتماعية ، ناقدة ،....
وهذه النسخة هي نسخة وزارة الثقافة الاردنية ، والتي تباع بنص دولار (35) قرش! والتي عرفتنا على المترجم الأردني باسم الزعبي الذي ترجم العديد من المجموعات القصصية الروسية المختلفة ..
وهذه النسخة هي نسخة وزارة الثقافة الاردنية ، والتي تباع بنص دولار (35) قرش! والتي عرفتنا على المترجم الأردني باسم الزعبي الذي ترجم العديد من المجموعات القصصية الروسية المختلفة ..
November 7, 2024
أعتقد أنني سأتوقف عن محاولة قراءة القصص القصيرة المترجمة
January 26, 2025
The translated stories are silly. I believe the translator should have translated stories of better qualities- tgat have a moral to readers.
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