Anton Chekhov
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Die wehmütige Geschichte zweier Liebender, die sich ihre Liebe aus Gründen der Vernunft und der Rücksichtnahme nicht gestehen können. Eine Erzählung über die Liebe des großen russischen Schriftstellers Anton Tschechow. Zusätzlich auf diesem Hörbuch: die Erzählungen "Ein Verhängnis" und "Teure Stunden".
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A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best short-story writers of all time. Having influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and James Joyce, Chekhov's stories are often noted for their stream-of-consciousness style and their vast number. Raymond Carver once said, “It is not only the immense number of stories he wrote—for few, if any, writers have ever done more—it is the...
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Here is the greatest novella and the most unforgettable stories of a master writer who saw all of life and rejected none of it. In “The Kiss”, a lonely, love-starved soldier keeps a secret rendezvous for another man and becomes enamored with a woman he is never to see again. “The Duel” describes the collisions between men and women in hopeless relationships, and how two men are driven to settle the score in a clandestine meeting on a bridge,...
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Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov 'the greatest short story writer who has ever lived.' This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf. While his popularity as a playwright has sometimes overshadowed his achievements in prose, the importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes-alienation,...
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Auf diesem Hörbuch: Anton Tschechow "Von der Liebe", Emile Zola "Um eine Liebesnacht", Stendhal "Der Liebestrank", "Die schönsten Liebesgeschichten aus 1001 Nacht" und Boccaccio "Die schönsten Liebeserzählungen aus dem Decamerone". Gelesen von Matthias Haase, Markus Hoffmann, Anna Thalbach und Sabine Falkenberg.
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This group of four classic stories from the 19th century includes works that appear in many collections of European literature. Offering tantalizing revelations and unforgettable characters, these tales have delighted readers ever since they were first published. In Stephen Crane's The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, glowing newlyweds find an unexpected ally on the dusty streets of an American frontier town. Ill-fated Christmas gifts cross paths in O’Henry's...