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Gooseberries and other stories (Penguin Little Black Classics, #34)

Anton Chekhov,

Constance Garnett (Translation)

Start date: April 1, 2021

Finish date: April 30, 2021

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Apr 19, 2021 Anne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: novellas-and-short-stories, 2021, russia

Gooseberries is a nice short story on the surface. But, of course, Chekhov doesn't just write simple entertaining stories. Look a bit deeper and you'll find complex moral issues. I'm sure that rereading and studying this short story would bring out more and deeper meaning but I will write about what I understood from reading "Gooseberries" two times, assuming that I am not doing justice to all that Chekhov had in mind when he wrote this story.

My understanding is that "Gooseberries" asks whether ...more

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Nov 27, 2014 Laura rated it liked it

Shelves: short-stories, audio-books, fiction-19th-century, russian-fiction, read-2014, librivox

Free download available at LibriVox. ...more

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Jul 28, 2022 Nancy (Colorado) rated it liked it

I have never read anything by Chekov before.

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Apr 11, 2021 Andreea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I absolutely loved the writing in these short stories. The themes and ideas explored were also interesting (value of happiness, privilege etc), although with a rather pessimistic view. But the writing was simply flowing. I liked the first two stories more than the last one, Gooseberries.

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