Anton Chekhov Short Stories v3: Classic Russia Literature
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CHAMPAGNE
FROST
THE BEGGAR
ENEMIES
DARKNESS
POLINKA
DRUNK
AN INADVERTENCE
VEROTCHKA
SHROVE TUESDAY
A BAD BUSINESS
HOME
THE LOTTERY TICKET
TOO EARLY!
TYPHUS
IN PASSION WEEK
A MYSTERY
THE COSSACK
THE LETTER
AN ADVENTURE
THE EXAMINING MAGISTRATE
ABORIGINES
VOLODYA
HAPPINESS
BAD WEATHER
A PLAY
A TRANSGRESSION
FROM THE DIARY OF A VIOLENT-TEMPERED MAN
UPROOTED
A FATHER
A HAPPY ENDING
IN THE COACH-HOUSE
ZINOTCHKA
THE DOCTOR
THE PIPE
AN AVENGER
THE POST
THE RUNAWAY
A PROBLEM
THE OLD HOUSE
THE CATTLE-DEALERS
EXPENSIVE LESSONS
THE LION AND THE SUN
IN TROUBLE
THE KISS
BOYS
KASHTANKA
A LADY'S STORY
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About the author
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 – 1904) was a Russian physician, playwright and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theater.
Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a "theatre of mood" and a "submerged life in the text".
Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.
