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Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
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Plays
- That Worthless Fellow Platonov (most commonly known as Пьеса без названия ['Untitled play'] or simply, PlatonovPlatonov (play)Platonov is the name in English given to an early, untitled play written in Russian by Anton Chekhov in 1878. It was the first large-scale drama by Chekhov written specifically for Maria Yermolova, rising star of Maly Theatre...
; c. 1881)—provided the source material for Michael Frayn's Wild HoneyWild Honey (play)Wild Honey is a 1984 adaptation by British playwright Michael Frayn of an earlier play by Anton Chekhov. The original work, a sprawling five-hour drama from Chekhov's earliest years as a writer, has no title but it is usually known in English as Platonov, from its principal character "Mikhail... - On the Harmful Effects of TobaccoOn the Harmful Effects of TobaccoOn the Harmful Effects of Tobacco is a one act play with only one character , written by Russian author Anton Chekhov.-Plot:...
(О вреде табака; 1886, 1902) - Swansong (1887)—one-act play
- Ivanov (Иванов, 1887)—a drama in four acts
- The BearThe Bear (play)The Bear , or The Boor, is a one act comedic play written by Russian author Anton Chekhov. The play was originally dedicated to Nikolai Nikolaevich Solovtsov, Chekhov's boyhood friend and director/actor who first played the character Smirnov....
or The Boor (Медведь: Шутка в одном действии, 1888)—one act comedy - A Marriage ProposalA Marriage ProposalA Marriage Proposal is a one-act farce by Anton Chekhov, written in 1888-1889 and first performed in 1890...
(Предложение, c. 1888-1889)—one act - A Tragedian in Spite of HimselfA Tragedian in Spite of HimselfA Tragedian in Spite of Himself is an 1899 one-act play by Anton Chekhov.-Synposis:In the play, Ivan Ivanovitch Tolkachov asks to borrow a revolver from his friend, Alexey Alexeyevitch Murashkin. Murashkin inquires to the reason, and Tolkachov complains bitterly about the bad events in his life...
or A Reluctant Tragic Hero (Трагик поневоле, 1889) - The Wedding (Свадьба, 1889)—one act
- The Wood Demon (Леший, 1889)—four-act comedy
- The Festivities (Юбилей, 1891)
- The SeagullThe SeagullThe Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
(Чайка, 1896)—a comedy in four acts - Uncle VanyaUncle VanyaUncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....
(Дядя Ваня, 1899-1900)—based on The Wood Demon - Three SistersThree Sisters (play)Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...
(Три сестры, 1901)—a drama in four acts - The Cherry OrchardThe Cherry OrchardThe Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...
(Вишнёвый сад, 1904)—a comedy in four acts
Short stories
These are the best-known stories, in order of publication:- "The Death of a Government Clerk" (1883) „Смерть чиновника“
- "A Chameleon" (1884) „Хамелеон“
- "Oysters" (1884) „Устрицы“
- "A Living Chronology" (1885) „Живая хронология“
- "Small Fry" (1885) „Мелюзга“
- "The Huntsman" (1885) „Егерь“
- "A Malefactor" (1885) „Злоумышленник“
- "Sergeant Prishibeyev" (1885) „Унтер Пришибеев“
- "Misery" (1886) „Тоска“
- "The Requiem" (1886) „Панихида“
- "Anyuta" (1886) „Анюта“
- "Agafya" (1886) „Агафья“
- "Grisha" (1886) „Гриша“
- "Easter Eve" (1886) „Святою ночью“
- "A Gentleman Friend" (1886) „Знакомый мужчина“
- "The Chorus Girl" (1886) „Хористка“
- "Van'ka" (1886) „Ванька“
- "Home" (1887) „Дома“
- "The Siren" (1887) „Сирена“
- "Kashtanka" (1887) „Каштанка“
- "Sleepy" (1888) „Спать хочется“
- "The Bet" (1889) „Пари“
- "A Dreary Story" (1889) „Скучная история“
- "Gusev" (1890) „Гусев“
- "Peasant Wives" (1891) „Бабы“
- "The Grasshopper" (1892) „Попрыгунья“
- "In Exile" (1892) „В ссылке“
- "Ward No. 6" (1892) „Палата № 6“
- "The Black MonkThe Black Monk (short story)"The Black Monk" is a short story by Anton Chekhov, written in 1894 while Chekhov was living in the village of Melikhove. The story tells of two tragic years in the life of scholar and artist Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin.-Plot:...
" (1894) „Чёрный монах“ - "Rothschild's Fiddle" (1894) „Скрипка Ротшильда“
- "The Student" (1894) „Студент“
- "The Teacher of Literature" (1894) „Учитель словесности“
- "Anna on the Neck‘‘ (1895) „Анна на шее“
- "Whitebrow" (1895) „Белолобый“
- "Ariadna" (1895) „Ариадна“
- "An Artist's Story [The House with the Mezzanine]" (1896) „Дом с мезонином“
- "Peasants" (1897) „Мужики“
- "The Petchenyeg" (1897) „Печенег“
- "The Schoolmistress [In the Cart]" (1897) „На подводе“
- "The Little Trilogy" (1898):
- "The Man in a Case" „Человек в футляре“
- "Gooseberries" „Крыжовник“
- "About Love" „О любви“
- "Ionych" (1898) „Ионыч“
- "A Doctor's Visit [A Case History]" (1898) „Случай из практики“
- "The Darling" (1899) „Душечка“
- "On Official Duty" (1899) „По делам службы“
- "The Lady with the DogThe Lady with the Dog (short story)"The Lady with the Dog" is a short story by Anton Chekhov first published in 1899. It tells the story of an adulterous affair between a Russian banker and a young lady he meets while vacationing in Yalta...
" (1899) „Дама с собачкой“ - "At Christmas Time" (1900) „На святках“
- "In the Ravine" (1900) „В овраге“
- "The Bishop" (1902) „“Архиерей“
- "Betrothed [The Fiancée]" (1903) „Невеста“
Novellas
- The Shooting Party (1884)
- The Steppe (1888) „Степь“
- The Duel (1891) „Дуэль“
- An Anonymous Story (Alternate translations: The Story of an Unknown Man/The Story of a Nobody] (1893) „Рассказ неизвестного человека“
- Three Years (1895) „Три года“
- My Life „Moya zhizn“ (1896) „Моя жизнь“
Nonfiction
- A Journey to Sakhalin (1895), including:
- Sakhalin Island (1891–1895)
- Across Siberia
Letters
- (In English translation)
- Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends: With a Biographical Sketch. Translated by Constance Garnett. New York. 1920. Internet Archive on-line edition.
- Letters on the Short Story, the Drama, and Other Literary Topics, by Anton Chekhov. Selected and Edited by Louis S. Friedland. London. 1924.
- The Letters of Anton Pavolvitch Tchekhov to Olga Leonardovna Knipper. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. New York.
- The Life and Letters of Anton Tchekov. Translated and Edited by S.S. Koteliansky and Philip Tomlinson. New York. 1925.
- The Personal Papers of Anton Chekhov. Introduction by Matthew Josephson. New York. 1948.
- The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov. Edited by Lillian Hellman and translated by Sidonie Lederer. New York. 1955. ISBN 0374518386.
- DEAR WRITER, DEAR ACTRESS: The Love Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper. Ecco, 1997, ISBN 0880015500.
- Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary. Translated by Simon Karlinsky, Michael Henry Heim, Northwestern University Press, 1997, ISBN 0810114607.
- A Life in Letters. Translated by Rosamund Bartlett, Anthony Phillips. Penguin Books, 2004. ISBN 0140449221.
Notebooks
- Notebook of Anton Chekhov. Translated by S. S. Koteliansky, Leonard Woolf, New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1921. Internet Archive on-line edition.
External links
- Study resource for "The Lady with the Dog" Retrieved 17 February 2007.
Audio
- 55 + Stories Internet Archive Creative Commons and Public Domain
- The Little Trilogy Internet Archive Creative Commons and Public Domain
- Additional Stories from LibriVox See More Chekhov Stories