Joy

Written by Anton Chekhov

Narrated by Anastasia Bertollo

Joy is a funny story by content and sad in itself? It was a great short story that focused on the very different responses to the indiscretion of the main hero. The main hero of the story Mitya with excited face bursted into a room of his parents, woke them up and cried that all Russia knew him because of there was an article in newspaper where were only articles about famous people. His parents were shocked. Mitya was a silly boy and the article was in the section of Incidents because he was drunk and was run by a horse and was punched by thill to his head. The joy of a silly man was so big that he just couldn't imagine how miserable he was. Then he went to tell this story of his "glory" to his neighbors. What happened next?

• Language: English
• Publisher: SmartTouch Media
• Release date: Jan 17, 2015
• ISBN: 9781467606400

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian doctor, short-story writer, and playwright. Born in the port city of Taganrog, Chekhov was the third child of Pavel, a grocer and devout Christian, and Yevgeniya, a natural storyteller. His father, a violent and arrogant man, abused his wife and children and would serve as the inspiration for many of the writer’s most tyrannical and hypocritical characters. Chekhov studied at the Greek School in Taganrog, where he learned Ancient Greek. In 1876, his father’s debts forced the family to relocate to Moscow, where they lived in poverty while Anton remained in Taganrog to settle their finances and finish his studies. During this time, he worked odd jobs while reading extensively and composing his first written works. He joined his family in Moscow in 1879, pursuing a medical degree while writing short stories for entertainment and to support his parents and siblings. In 1876, after finishing his degree and contracting tuberculosis, he began writing for St. Petersburg’s Novoye Vremya, a popular paper which helped him to launch his literary career and gain financial independence. A friend and colleague of Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, and Ivan Bunin, Chekhov is remembered today for his skillful observations of everyday Russian life, his deeply psychological character studies, and his mastery of language and the rhythms of conversation.