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81) The Grasshopper
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Olga Ivanovna Dymova enjoys the company of extraordinary people, all painters, writers and musicians, who look to her bright and original. All members of the small artistic circle which she is a hostess of, they all tell her she herself is a promising artist and pianist, the reputation she tries to uphold by practicing regularly and producing countless and, apparently, not very original 'etudes'.
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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...
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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. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: Lights Love Malingerers Mari D'elle Martyrs Minds In Ferment Mire Misery My Life Neighbours
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A selection of stories about love and romance from the best storytellers of the world including Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Turgenev trying to express love in all its forms. This volume opens with iconic Romeo and Juliet's tragic love story dating back to antiquity, followed by very passionate and quite unusual love between a doctor and his patient in 'The District Doctor' by Ivan Turgenev. And last, but not least, a story from the master of human relationship...
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Incisive, masterfully written tales - set in Tsarist Russian milieux - reveal noted author's skills in character, nuance, and setting development. Includes "The Black Monk" (1894), "The House with the Mezzanine" (1896), "The Peasants" (1897), "Gooseberries" (1898), and "The Lady with the Toy Dog" (1899).
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This new translation of Anton Chekhov's classic The Seagull restores what most English-language versions of the play omit - Humor. Considered a world-class humorist and wit, Chekov intended this play to be a Comedy. Translated by Alexandra LaCombe and adapted by award-winning director Janice L. Blixt, this is The Seagull audiences have been waiting for.
Beloved actress Arkadina seemingly has it all-beauty, fame, and a captivating relationship...
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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. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: In The Court In The Dark In The Graveyard In The Ravine In Trouble Ionitch Ivan Matveyich Joy Kashtanka Ladies
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Masterpieces by great writers from the golden age of Russian theater: The Inspector General by Gogol; Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard; Gorky's The Lower Depths; and A Month in the Country by Turgenev. Essential reading for courses in modern theater, these widely acclaimed works will be appreciated, as well, by theatergoers and drama lovers.
91) Ivanoff
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Ivanoff by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
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Having a quiet evening by the fire with his wife and a friend, the State Councilor Sharamykin complains about the recent quietness of their town's cultural life and remembers how stormy things had been here in the past, and how much his wife Anna Pavlovna enjoyed it. Each time, going back in his memories to another star's visit to this place, on order to remember the exact year, he has to consult her as to the age of one of their four children.
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By 1888, when he was just twenty-eight, Chekhov had published a staggering 528 stories, about half of them comic. Unpretentious, lively, and inventive, these comic stories have long been affectionately regarded in Russia, but publishers in the West, overawed by the prevailing image of Chekhov as a melancholy genius, have resisted the down-to-earth humorist. This collection is the first substantial volume in English devoted solely to the comic 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. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: The Cook's Wedding The Cossack The Darling The Death Of A Government Clerk The Dependents The Doctor The Duel The Examining Magistrate The First-class PassEnglisher The Fish
95) Five Plays
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904) overturned the dramatic conventions of his day and laid the groundwork for contemporary approaches to directing and acting. Now, for the first time, the full lyricism, humor, and pathos of his greatest plays are available to an English-speaking audience. Marina Brodskaya's new translations of Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard not only surpass in accuracy all previous translations,...
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Cuando se habla de cuentos, es imposible no mencionar a Anton Chejov, un gran exponente de la literatura rusa y universal reconocido como un maestro de talento sin igual en este género literario. Chéjov tenía un gusto especial por los cuentos y escribió cientos de ellos a lo largo de su vida, lo que, en parte, quizás explique la calidad de sus cuentos y su enorme éxito como cuentista. En Chejov: Cuentos Escogidos, el lector descubrirá una parte...
97) Boys
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Volodya Korolyov, a second-form gymnasium student, arrives home for Christmas holidays, causing uproar and joy in the house. He is accompanied by his school friend Chechevitsyn. Very soon Volodya's sisters Katya, Sonya and Masha start to notice peculiarities in the boys' behavior. Both are absent-minded, look mysterious, rarely answer questions properly and if speak at all, then with enigmatic one-liners, like 'In California they drink gin instead...
98) The Steppe
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“The Steppe” - is a penetrating novella by the great Russian playwright A.p. Chekhov (1860 - 1904). This is a story about only one trip to the steppe. Lead characters can't get across to social realm. Chekhov expertly described profound and conflicting feelings of humans, fleshing out the story with the impressive description of a steppe road.
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Antón Pávlovich Chéjov está considerado como el más destacado representante de la escuela realista de su país, en su corriente más psicológica, siendo el autor de una de las obras más destacadas de la narrativa y la dramaturgia de la literatura universal. Es reconocido mundialmente como un maestro del relato corto y uno de los escritores más importantes de este género en la historia de la literatura. Fue un auténtico innovador de esta...
100) Teatro completo
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Poco más de veinte años de escritura le valieron a Chéjov un lugar revolucionario en la historia del teatro occidental. La gaviota, Tío Vania, Las tres hermanas o El jardín de los cerezos, incluidas en este volumen junto al resto de su producción escénica, cambiaron los rumbos del realismo, abrieron las puertas a las principales poéticas del teatro moderno y sentaron las bases tanto de la expresión minimalista como de un realismo no naturalista...
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