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The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
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The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories

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IT was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front: a lady with a little dog. Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, who had by then been a fortnight at Yalta, and so was fairly at home there, had begun to take an interest in new arrivals. Sitting in Verney's pavilion, he saw, walking on the sea-front, a fair-haired young lady of medium height, wearing a béret; a white Pomeranian dog was running behind her.
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Release dateJan 11, 2015
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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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    Eerst gelezen toen ik 17 was. Herlezen toen ik 47 was. Mooi, maar een beetje goedkoop sentiment
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    The first set of stories that I read by Mr. Chekov were better and deeper. The general themes of the stories seemed love intrigues between married people and lovers. While stimulating hardly cause for deep thinking. Reading these stories one realizes how little things change.
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    Lovely. Gentle warm nostalgic ironic. all the best qualities one might associate with Chekhov. Intimate sense of its period yet does not seem dated. feel I have actually met a group of sad but rounded human beings.I know the plays quite well and read some of the stories a while back without really getting them. This reading was a delight.Give me more
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    Eerst gelezen toen ik 17 was. Herlezen toen ik 47 was. Mooi, maar een beetje goedkoop sentiment
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    After reading lots and lots of all too often mediocre fantasy and science fiction I was ready for a change of pace, and this collection certainly provided that. The stories feature brilliant characterization, bringing us smart, well intentioned, and sympathetic people who all too frequently act irrationally and ultimately to their own detriment. Chekhov does a remarkable job of capturing the essence of a person's entire life in a brief tale. Like the author’s great plays, the mood is generally tragic, with moments of humor. Many of the stories focus on infidelity, and/or the fading of romantic, idealistic, unrealistic love. In some of the stories we see good people who fail to follow their convictions and eventually turn into something they once would have despised. The editor suggest that the underlying message, that we have a duty to fight evil actively, is intended as a refutation of ideals espoused by Tolstoy. My favorites were "A Boring Story (From an Old Man's Notebook)," "The Grasshopper," and "Ionyich," but any of them are well worth the brief amount of time required to read them.

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