Anton Chekhov

This Norton Critical Edition includes five of Chekhov’s major plays—Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard—and three early one-act farces that inform his later work—The Bear, The Wedding, and The Celebration. Laurence Senelick’s masterful translations closely preserve Chekhov’s singular style—his abundant jokes and literary allusions and his careful use of phrase repetition to bind the plays together. "Letters" is the largest collection of Chekhov’s commentary on his plays ever to appear in an English-language edition. "Criticism" includes eleven essays by leading European and Russian Chekhov scholars, most appearing in English for the first time, including those by Boris Zingerman, Maria Deppermann, and Lev Shestor. This volume also provides discussion of Chekhov’s plays by some of the twentieth century’s great directors, including Konstantin Stanislavsky, Peter Brook, and Mark Rozovsky. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

Pro knigu: V knigu vkljucheny russkie narodnye skazki, stikhotvorenija A.S. Pushkina, rasskazy dlja detej L.N. Tolstogo, K.D. Ushinskogo, V.I. Dalja, basni I.A. Krylova, rasskazy, skazki i povesti russkikh pisatelej, v tom chisle V.F. Odoevskogo, M.M. Zoschenko, A.P. Gajdara, K.I. Chukovskogo i drugikh avtorov, chi proizvedenija izuchajut vo 2-m klasse nachalnoj shkoly. Pro seriju: Ostorozhno! Eto detjam! "Magistral. Deti" - jarkaja, udobnaja serija knig dlja detej, a takzhe ikh roditelej i uchitelej. Knigi iz etoj serii mozhno chitat gde ugodno: v shkole, doma, v doroge ili na dache. Oni ljogkie i prochnye, a eschjo ochen krasivye. No samoe glavnoe - oni uzhasno interesnye, ved v serii sobrany tolko luchshie i proverennye vremenem proizvedenija

Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories contains a wide spectrum of classics and new favorites, including "Ward No. 6," "The Lady with the Little Dog," "Anna on the Neck," "The Name-Day Party," "The Kiss," An Incident at Law," and "Elements Most Often Found in Novels, Short Stories, Etc." This edition features twenty-five brand-new translations, commissioned expressly for this volume from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Peter Constantine, Rosamund Bartlett, Michael Henry Heim, among others. Twenty translations have been selected from the published work of such master translators as Patrick Miles and Harvey Pitcher, Ann Dunnigan, and Ronald Hingley. Seven additional translations are by Constance Garnett, substantially revised by Cathy Popkin. All stories are annotated to clarify unfamiliar material and to point out differences in the translators' strategies. "Life and Letters" includes a rich selection of Chekhov's letters, some in English for the first time, some with previously redacted passages restored, as well as Aileen Kelly's portrait of Chekhov. "Criticism" explores the wide range of approaches and interpretations in two sections. "Approaches" juxtaposes five different perspectives on how to read Chekhov, represented by Peter Bitsilli, Alexander Chudakov, Robert Louis Jackson, Vladimir Kataev, and Radislav Lapushin. "Interpretations" contains ten divergent readings of stories in this edition. Case studies include Michael Finke on "At Sea"; Cathy Popkin on " A Nervous] Breakdown"; Julie de Sherbinin on "Peasant Women"; Liza Knapp on "Ward No. 6"; Robert Louis Jackson on "Rothschild's Fiddle" and "The Student"; Wolf Schmid on "The Student"; John Freedman on "Man in a Case," "Gooseberries," and "About Love"; Caryl Emerson on "A Calamity," "Anna on the Neck," "About Love," and "The Lady with the Little Dog"; and Rufus Mathewson on "The Lady with the Little Dog" and "The Beauties." A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included, as is a postscript on the translators and their work. A special section, "Comparison Translations," gives passages from selected stories in multiple translations.

Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, Anton Chekhov's Plays is translated with notes by Peter Carson, and an introduction by Richard Gilman in Penguin Classics.At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the everyday lives, loves and yearnings of ordinary people. Ivanov depicts a man stifled by inactivity and lost idealism, and The Seagull contrasts a young man's selfish romanticism with the stoicism of a woman cruelly abandoned by her lover. With 'the scenes from country life' of Uncle Vanya, his first fully mature play, Chekhov developed his own unique dramatic world, neither tragedy nor comedy. In Three Sisters the Prozorov sisters endlessly dream of going to Moscow to escape the monotony of provincial life, while his comedy The Cherry Orchard portrays characters futilely clinging to the past as their land is sold from underneath them.Peter Carson's moving translations convey Chekhov's subtle blend of comedy, tragedy and psychological insight. In his introduction, Richard Gilman examines how Chekhov broke with theatrical conventions and discusses each play in detail.Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was born in Taganrog, a port on the sea of Azov. In 1879 he travelled to Moscow, where he entered the medical faculty of the university, graduating in 1884. During his university years, he supported his family by contributing humorous stories and sketches to magazines. He published his first volume of stories, Motley Tales, in 1886, and a year later his second volume In the Twilight, for which he received the Pushkin Prize. Today his plays, including Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, and The Cherry Orchard are recognised as masterpieces the world over. If you enjoyed Plays, you might like Chekhov's The Shooting Party, also available in Penguin Classics.

These critically hailed translations of The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters and the other Chekhov plays are the only ones in English by a Russian-language scholar who is also a veteran Chekhovian actor.Without compromising the spirit of the text, Paul Schmidt accurately translates Chekhov's entire theatrical canon, rescuing the humor "lost" in most academic translations while respecting the historical context and original social climate.Schmidt's translations of Chekhov have been successfully staged all over the U.S. by such theatrical directors as Lee Strasberg, Elizabeth Swados, Peter Sellars and Robert Wilson. Critics have hailed these translations as making Chekhov fully accessible to American audiences. They are also accurate -- Schmidt has been described as "the gold standard in Russian-English translation" by Michael Holquist of the Russian department at Yale University.

Considered a pioneer of the short story genre and a trailblazer in modern fiction, Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) started writing at age 20. By 27, he had shifted from traditional storytelling methods to examining the experiences of everyday individuals in mundane circumstances. His evocative portrayals of Russian life and the complexities of human existence resonate with deep emotional sincerity. Chekhov published hundreds of short stories, earning acclaim from a diverse audience, including contemporaries like Leo Tolstoy. Chekhov shared insights into the writing process, offered guidance to aspiring writers, and mentored his brother, Alexander. This anthology showcases Chekhov's wisdom through quotations from his letters, conversations, notebooks, and works, providing essential lessons in emotional depth and authentic representation of human experiences – an excellent compendium for students, journalists, and writers of every genre.

Tvorchestvo Antona Pavlovicha Chekhova mnogoliko i raznoobrazno. Jumoristicheskie korotkie Rasskazy peremezhajutsja razmyshlenijami ob odinochestve i sotsialnom neravenstve. Avtor vysmeivaet nedobrosovestnykh chinovnikov, ironiziruet nad chelovecheskoj zhadnostju i lenju, s grustju nabljudaet za malenkimi, no uzhe vynuzhdennymi rabotat detmi. "V rasskazakh Chekhova net nichego takogo, chego ne bylo by v dejstvitelnosti. Strashnaja sila ego talanta imenno v tom, chto on nikogda nichego ne vydumyvaet ot sebja, ne izobrazhaet togo, chego net na svete..." - tak okharakterizoval tvorchestvo pisatelja Maksim Gorkij. Rasskazy soprovozhdajut illjustratsii tvorcheskoj gruppy khudozhnikov-satirikov Kukryniksov.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) - pisatel s mirovym imenem, poet, dramaturg, vrach i obschestvennyj dejatel. Nastojaschee izdanie vkljuchaet sorok chetyre ego rasskaza, raznykh po velichine i soderzhaniju, no obedinennykh masterstvom pisatelja i talantom proilljustrirovavshikh ikh khudozhnikov. Risunki k tekstam sbornika vypolnili Kukryniksy. Pod takim psevdonimom tvorili chleny Akademii khudozhestv SSSR, narodnye khudozhniki Mikhail Vasilevich Kuprijanov (1903-1991), Porfirij Nikitich Krylov (1902-1990) i Nikolaj Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1903-2000). Anton Pavlovich Chekhov izvesten vo vsem mire kak talantlivyj dramaturg, ego postavlennye na stsene pesy neizmenno sobirajut polnye zaly v samykh raznykh stranakh mira. Odnako nachinalas ego pisatelskaja dejatelnost s feletonov i korotkikh rasskazov. V to vremja Chekhov, vnuk krepostnogo krestjanina i buduschij klassik mirovoj literatury, stal izvesten chitajuschej publike kak Antosha Chekhonte. Sochinjat on stal esche v Taganrogskoj gimnazii, kotoruju okonchil v 1879 g. V tom zhe godu Chekhov uekhal iz rodnogo Taganroga i stal studentom meditsinskogo fakulteta v Moskovskom universitete. V kontse etogo zhe 1879 goda sostojalsja pisatelskij debjut Chekhova. V posledujuschie gody chislo ego malenkikh literaturnykh shedevrov vyroslo do neskolkikh soten. Po slovam samogo pisatelja v te vremena on poroj pisal po rasskazu v den. I khotja ushla v proshloe tselaja epokha, v kotoroj zhivut i dejstvujut geroi molodogo Chekhova, vrjad li v nashi dni najdetsja chelovek, kotorogo eti veselye miniatjury ostavjat ravnodushnym. Oni neizmenno vyzyvajut ulybku.

Glavnyj geroj proizvedenij velikogo russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chekhova (1860-1904) - rjadovoj chelovek so svoimi kazhdodnevnymi delami i zabotami. Tonkij psikholog, master podteksta, svoeobrazno sochetajuschij jumor i lirizm, Chekhov v svoikh rasskazakh i pesakh dostigaet vershin sotsialnogo i khudozhestvennogo obobschenija. Smysl ego tvorchestva byl pouchitelen i vazhen dlja chitatelej vsego mira, poskolku govorja o Rossii, Chekhov govoril obo vsem sovremennom emu chelovechestve, o ego protivorechijakh i nadezhdakh, o ego nastojaschem i buduschem. Komplekt sostoit iz 12 tomov sochinenj Antona Pavlovicha Chekhova.

Tvorchestvo Antona Pavlovicha Chekhova mnogoliko i raznoobrazno. Jumoristicheskie korotkie Rasskazy peremezhajutsja razmyshlenijami ob odinochestve i sotsialnom neravenstve. Avtor vysmeivaet nedobrosovestnykh chinovnikov, ironiziruet nad chelovecheskoj zhadnostju i lenju, s grustju nabljudaet za malenkimi, no uzhe vynuzhdennymi rabotat detmi. "V rasskazakh Chekhova net nichego takogo, chego ne bylo by v dejstvitelnosti. Strashnaja sila ego talanta imenno v tom, chto on nikogda nichego ne vydumyvaet ot sebja, ne izobrazhaet togo, chego net na svete..." - tak okharakterizoval tvorchestvo pisatelja Maksim Gorkij. Rasskazy soprovozhdajut illjustratsii tvorcheskoj gruppy khudozhnikov-satirikov Kukryniksov.Khudozhnik: Kukryniksy

V knigu "Rasskazy russkikh pisatelej" voshli proizvedenija russkikh pisatelej, tvorivshikh v kontse XIX i nachale XX veka. Bolshaja chast rasskazov obedinena odnoj temoj - istorii iz zhizni detej v raznye epokhi. Tak, iz rasskaza "Chudesnyj doktor" I.A. Kuprina, chitatel uznaet o zhizni odnoj obnischavshej semi, kotoruju spas ot bednosti i boleznej doktor N.I. Pirogov. V knigu takzhe voshli rasskazy: "Vanka" A.P. Chekhova, "Petka na dache" L.N. Andreeva, "Kak ja lovil chelovechkov" Borisa Zhitkova, "Sverkhu vniz, naiskosok!" V. Dragunskogo i mnogie drugie. Illjustratsii E. Muratovoj, A. Sazonova, I. Tsygankova i drugikh khudozhnikov. Dlja srednego shkolnogo vozrasta.Khudozhnik: Sazonov Anatolij Pantelejmonovich, Semenjuk Irina, Tsygankov Ivan Aleksandrovich

V dannom izdanii iz serii "Shkolnaja biblioteka" predstavleny rasskazy Nikolaja Garina-Mikhajlovskogo, Georgija Skrebitskogo, Ivana Turgeneva, Leonida Andreeva, Ivana Shmeljova, Aleksandra Kuprina, Antona Chekhova o sobakakh. Literaturno-khudozhestvennoe izdanie dlja detej srednego shkolnogo vozrasta. Rekomenduem!

V odnom tome sobrany vse pesy klassika russkoj literatury Antona Pavlovicha Chekhova (1860-1904). V prilozhenii dany ego avtobiograficheskie proizvedenija "Iz Sibiri" i "Ostrov Sakhalin". Vmeste s ranee izdannym v nashem izdatelstve polnym sobraniem povestej, rasskazov i jumoresok v dvukh tomakh eta kniga sostavljaet polnoe sobranie sochinenij Antona Pavlovicha Chekhova.

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 personal stories of unfulfilled love, failed ambition and existential ennui, set against a background of unsettling social and economical change, the reader can appreciate the groundbreaking qualities of Chekhov’s theatrical genius.

The Prozorov sisters pine for Moscow. Culture and life brim in the city center, while they live among the mundane of a crumbling army garrison after their father's death. Though living with their brother Andrey, nothing keeps them back but their own misfortune, decisions, and the inertia of negativity that continues to follow this family.

Plays by Anton Chekhov - Second Series - By Anton Chekhov Translated, with an Introduction, by Julius West Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; 29 January 1860