Anton Chekhov
243) The Cossack
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As Maxim and Lizaveta, a young married couple, drive home from church on Easter, Maxim finds the joy and beauty in everything. As the newly married couple drives home on their first Easter together, carrying a blessed Easter cake, they see a Cossack at the side of the road. They soon learn that he is sick and too weak to make it home, and he asks for some food if they have any. Maxim immediately wants to share the Easter cake with him, however, his...
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Anton Chekhov is universally regarded as an all-time master of the short story form. Nowhere is this better displayed than within "The Little Trilogy," three interconnected short stories about love. The stories are "The Man in a Case," "Gooseberries," and "About Love." Referred to as literary intertextuality, these stories contain recurring characters, settings, and themes.
Frank Marcopolos is an audiobook narrator whose voice-work has garnered praise...
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Where does love come from? How far questions of personal happiness are of consequence in love? This audio book collection of stories by Anton Chekhov is united by the theme of love featuring: About Love, The Helpmate, Polinka. Read in English, unabridged, and accompanied by orchestral music based on original Antonin Dvorak compositions.
246) Aborigines
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Ivan Lyashkevsky, a Polish lieutenant who suffered a head injury, spends a large amount of time grumbling about the native people of the town he's living in. He thinks them to be lazy and useless and is quick to express his views. On this particular day, he is visiting with his friend Franz Finks and studying his native landlord out the window. Lyashkevsky grows more and more angry with the natives as he discusses their flaws with Finks throughout...
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A tres kilómetros de la aldea de Obruchanovo se construía un puente sobre el río. Desde la aldea, situada en lo más eminente de la ribera alta, divisábanse las obras. En los días de invierno, el aspecto del fino armazón metálico del puente y del andamiaje, albos de nieve, era casi fantástico...
248) Goussiev
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The story is set on a Russian ship which is filled with ill and injured soldiers heading home after a trip to the Far East, as it follows two very different passengers aboard. One is very ill and delirious and can only envision his life on his family's farm, and is also consumed with the concern for the well being of his family. The other is stubborn, rude and in denial of his current illness. The story follows both passengers through their journey...
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Los cuentos dejan entrever otra historia detrás de la historia manifiesta. Audiolibros Colección propone un recorrido por los cuentos del "padre del cuento" Antón Chéjov.
El presente audiolibro reúne algunas de las narrativas breves del maestro ruso universal, relatos tan conocidos e imborrables como "El camaleón", "El Beso" y "La Tristeza".
Una selección para disfrutar de Chejov, que, a pesar de su vida, tormentosa y de sacrificio y responsabilidad...
250) dama del perrito, La
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Uno de los más conocidos e importantes de la literatura universal y una de las manifestaciones más brillantes del espíritu ruso. Esta historia no cuenta un acontecimiento extraordinario; los protagonistas llevan una vida corriente, se podría decir que incluso aburrida. El relato es un pequeño ensayo sobre cómo surge el amor entre dos personas, Anna y Gúrov, y su pasión los transforma. El sexo está muy presente en toda la narración, aunque...
251) Pabellón 6
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Andréi Yefímych, doctor e intelectual de un sórdido e insalubre sanatorio mental de provincias, donde la violencia y la fuerza bruta se ejercen contra los internos, entabla una curiosa relación de amistad con uno de sus pacientes, Iván Dmítrich. Este encuentro tambaleará las estoicas e ingenuas creencias de Andréi, precipitándolo así hacia el despertar de una amarga realidad.
252) Russian Classics
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A Collection of stories prized for their craftsmanship and comic irony from Russia's greatest novelists and dramatists. The audio book features Ivan Turgenev's Mumu and 11 Anton Chekhov stories: A Tragic Actor; In A Strange Land; Oh The Public; The Looking Glass; Her Husband; Overdoing It; Talent; Anyuta; The Helpmate; Ivan Matveyich; Polinka;
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (January 29, 1860 - July 15, 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who, though a doctor by profession, is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high-esteem by writers and critics. The following recording includes the short stories, "The Trousseau" and "Champagne (A Wayfarer's Story)."
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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,...
255) Von der Liebe / Um eine Liebesnacht / Der Liebestrank / Die schönsten Liebesgeschichten aus 1001
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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.
256) Plays
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The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines. Collected in this volume are Chekhov's four most celebrated plays - The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard - in a brand-new translation by Hugh Aplin. In these...