A Classical Student

Written by Anton Chekhov

Narrated by Anastasia Bertollo

For the first time the story was published in 1883. In the center of the story - 13-year-old student Vanya Ottepelov. Worrying before the exam in Greek, he did, as he thought, his best not to get the two grade. But nothing has helped him - he failed the exam.

For Vanya this was not the only exam he failed. He really does not fit in that school. But his mother chose that school because it represents the ideals and the future she expects to attain one day. Vanya’s aunt criticized her and believed that the main blame lies with her sister, not with her nephew.

The belief that all education will help to make way in the world, in fact, has often led to the fact that children were forced to mindlessly learning Latin and Greek, regardless of their abilities and inclinations. A spanking was considered to be the universal training help...

A SmartTouch Media production.

• Language: English
• Publisher: SmartTouch Media
• Release date: Jan 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781467606240

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov was born in Taganrog, in southern Russia, and in his youth paid for his own education and supported his entire family by writing short, satirical sketches of Russian life. Though he eventually became a physician and once considered medicine his principal career, he continued to gain popularity and praise as a writer for various Russian newspapers, eventually authoring more literary work and ultimately his most well-known plays, including Ivanov, The Seagull, and Uncle Vanya. He died of tuberculosis in 1904, and is regarded as one of the best short story writers in history, influencing such authors as Ernest Hemingway, Vladimir Nabokov, and Raymond Carver.