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Большое собрание юмористических рассказов в одном томе
Знаменитый Антон Павлович Чехов (1860-1904) первые шаги в Русской литературе делал под псевдонимами Антоша Чехонте, "Человек без селезёнки", Брат моего брата, как автор юмористических рассказов и фельетонов, которые издавали в юмористических московских журналах "Будильник", "Зритель" и др. и в петербургских юмористических еженедельниках "Осколки", "Стрекоза", а впоследствии они вошли в первые книги начинающего автора. Именно первые сборники и книги А. Чехова — "Шалость", "Сказки Мельпомены", "Пестрые рассказы", а также рассказы, печатавшиеся в журналах "Осколки", "Зеркало" и др., — включены в эту книгу, раскрывающую юмористический талант признанного в мире писателя.
832 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2018
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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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October 29, 2017
I've posted my translation of one, Chameleon (p.70 in 1960 Moskva edition), among my writings here. Wonderful on social position and attitude in a top-down society (such as some US leaders want to become in 2017). The "raskaz" genre is very short, the "povesti" longer, with chapters. Chekhov wrote 10-12 feet (on a shelf) of short stories for pay (most still untranslated), living in a large, high-ceiling room with his family while a medical student--and renting out a corner to other students. There were many paying magazines in the final decades of Czarist Russia, which fostered survival humor.
"Host" features a proprietor (as in Dickens, the names all mean something) named "Seltzer," and he keeps talking. The guest just wants to go to sleep, says he was exposed to diptheria, doesn't want to infect others. To no avail. Finally, the Host reads his novel, "The Dying Marsh," in five parts.
[Admonitory to environmental writers now?] Exasperated, the guest finally asks for money, to which the Host, "Well, we all need our sleep..."
In Russia, all restaurants and B&B's have a жалобная книга, Complaint Book. (I suppose the positive name "Suggestion Box" is bourgeoise.) Well, they do until you ask them for it, when it may be misplaced. Bizarre what people record, like "When I was coming from the station, I lost my hat.." Or, someone complains about his wife's attitude, "My wife really should..." Or someone insults the Station Master's physiognomy.
"Host" features a proprietor (as in Dickens, the names all mean something) named "Seltzer," and he keeps talking. The guest just wants to go to sleep, says he was exposed to diptheria, doesn't want to infect others. To no avail. Finally, the Host reads his novel, "The Dying Marsh," in five parts.
[Admonitory to environmental writers now?] Exasperated, the guest finally asks for money, to which the Host, "Well, we all need our sleep..."
In Russia, all restaurants and B&B's have a жалобная книга, Complaint Book. (I suppose the positive name "Suggestion Box" is bourgeoise.) Well, they do until you ask them for it, when it may be misplaced. Bizarre what people record, like "When I was coming from the station, I lost my hat.." Or, someone complains about his wife's attitude, "My wife really should..." Or someone insults the Station Master's physiognomy.
August 17, 2020
A comprehensive collection of Anton Chekhov's "lighter" literary output, mainly consisting of short stories published in various satirical publications. The stories provide a great picture of Chekhov's playful side, from topics explored to language and pen names he used on submission (like "Antosha Chekhonte," for a bit of a Quixotic hat tip).
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