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A Woman's Kingdom and Other Short Stories
A Woman's Kingdom and Other Short Stories
A Woman's Kingdom and Other Short Stories
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress.”
This collection of ten of his best short stories include:
A Transgression
A Trifle From Life
A Tripping Tongue
A Trivial Incident
A Troublesome Visitor
A Woman's Kingdom
A Work Of Art
Aborigines
About Love
After The Theatre
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 27, 2015
ISBN9783956762314
A Woman's Kingdom and Other Short Stories
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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.

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    This collection contains several of Chekhov's most dreary, long, long stories. By dreary I mean depressing to the point of despair. Except for some of his early anecdotes, none of Chekhov's stories are very cheery or amusing to begin with and I truly admire and like reading Chekhov, but this collection of stories can make anyone already down in the dumps end up contemplating suicide. For mental health reasons I strongly suggest reading some Gogol short stories in between reading each of these tales.Contents: The Party, A Woman's Kingdom, My Life: A Provincial's Story, An Unpleasant Business, A Nervous Breakdown

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