Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Drei Schwestern (russisch Три сестры) ist ein am 31. Januar 1901 in Moskau uraufgeführtes Drama von Anton Tschechow.
Seit elf Jahren leben Irina, Mascha, Olga Prosorow und ihr Bruder Andrej in der Provinzstadt / Gouvernementsstadt fern von Moskau, woher sie stammen und wohin sie wieder zurück möchten. Durch ihren Vater, einen Brigadegeneral, waren sie hierher verschlagen worden. Doch der Vater ist jetzt tot. Der Bruder Andrej
...4) Swan Song
One-act-play with only two characters: Vasili Svietlovidoff, a 68 year old comic actor and Nikita Ivanich, an even older man, the theater's prompter.
5) Uncle Vanya
The play portrays the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends—Vanya, brother of the professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local doctor—both fall under Yelena's spell, while bemoaning the ennui of their provincial existence. Sonya, the professor's daughter by his first
...7) My Life
Subtitled "The Story of a Provincial" this tale deals with the life of Misail Poloznev, a young gentleman who renounces the "privilege of capital and education" in favor of earning his living through manual labor. (from Wikipedia)
9) Schlafen!
11) Ivanoff
The first of Chekhov's full-length dramas, Ivanov treads a fine line between broad comedy and tragic melodrama. Ivanov, a young estate owner, is too intelligent and too bored to endure his provincial life. He is a "superfluous man," attracted to a beautiful young woman who threatens his moral foundations and leads him ultimately to tragedy.
13) The Schoolmaster
Fydor Lukitch Sysoev is dressing for his fourteenth annual dinner held in honor of the school teachers. Sysoev has long been considered the best teacher of all and is eager to grasp glory once again, though he thinks the examining inspector tried to sabotage him by asking his students unnecessarily difficult questions. He is very old and has to lie down before he can pull on his boots. He is applauded at the banquet, but is cantankerous to everyone.
In
...Published in 1918, it includes the following stories:
The Schoolmistress
A Nervous Breakdown
Misery
Champagne
After the Theatre
A Lady's Story
In Exile
The Cattle-Dealers
Sorrow (Chekhov)
On Official Duty
The First-Class Passenger
A Tragic Actor
A Transgression
Small Fry
The Requiem
In the Coach-House
Panic Fears
The Bet
The
...In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history, and in the society around them. Their estate is hopelessly in debt: urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they struggle to act decisively.
"The Party and Other Stories" is the fourth volume of the Tales of Chekhov series by Russian author Anton Chekhov. A collection of short stories including: The Party; Terror; A Woman's Kingdom; A Problem; The Kiss; 'Anna On The Neck'; The Teacher Of Literature; Not Wanted; Typhus; A Misfortune; and, A Trifle From Life."
Short stories by Anton Chekhov:
THE COOK'S WEDDING
SLEEPY
CHILDREN
THE RUNAWAY
GRISHA
OYSTERS
HOME
A CLASSICAL STUDENT
VANKA
AN INCIDENT
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
BOYS
SHROVE TUESDAY
THE OLD HOUSE
IN PASSION WEEK
WHITEBROW
KASHTANKA
A CHAMELEON
THE DEPENDENTS
WHO WAS TO BLAME?
THE BIRD MARKET
AN ADVENTURE
THE
...A hospital assistant, called Yergunov, an empty-headed fellow, known throughout the district as a great braggart and drunkard, was returning one evening in Christmas week from the hamlet of Ryepino, where he had been to make some purchases for the hospital. That he might get home in good time and not be late, the doctor had lent him his very best horse. At first it had been a still day, but at eight o'clock a violent snow-storm came on, and
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