Author of Audiobooks - Anton Chekhov
The Bet and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
The Bet and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Thirteen short stories by the master. Summary by david wales...
The Tales of Chekhov Vol. 01 - Anton Chekhov
The Tales of Chekhov Vol. 01 - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Short Stories
This is the first of thirteen volumes of Anton Chekhov's short stories, translated by Constance Garnett. Anton Chekhov was a Russian doctor who turned to fiction as a hobby, and quickly blossomed into one of the masters of the short story genre....
Ward No. 6 - Anton Chekhov
Ward No. 6 - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Satire
The line between sanity and insanity is blurred in this classic novella by Anton Chekhov. The disillusioned idealist Dr. Rabin is in charge of a provincial lunatic asylum, overseeing with weary, dubious policies a motley group of patients, a group...
The Lady With the Dog and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
The Lady With the Dog and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Anton 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...
The Swan Song - Anton Chekhov
The Swan Song - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Plays
In 'The Swan Song' an aging actor reminisces about his life and the parts he's played. The piece takes a tragic look at ambition and the sacrifices that must be made in order to succeed. Chekhovβs ability to capture and explore human nature and...
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Anton Chekhov, perhaps better known as a world famous classical playwright for works such as "Uncle Vanya" and "The Cherry Orchard" was also a prolific short story writer. "The Schoolmaster and Other Stories" is one of several of his collections....
The Duel (version 2) - Anton Chekhov
The Duel (version 2) - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Known for his plays and short stories, Anton Chekhov also wrote a series of novellas, astonishing for their psychological complexity and compelling human portraiture. In The Duel, the wastrel and libertine Laevsky absconds to the Caucasus with...
Ivanov - Anton Chekhov
Ivanov - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Plays / Comedy / Tragedy
Nicolai (anglicised Nicholas in this translation) Ivanov, a middle-aged public servant, is unhappy. His wife Anna, disinherited by her family after converting from Judaism, is dying of tuberculosis. He is deeply in debt. And his best friendβs...
An Anonymous Story - Anton Chekhov
An Anonymous Story - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Literary Fiction
In "An Anonymous Story," Chekhov continues to explore his favorite themes of superfluous men, ironic rakes, exploited women, and the dangers of social conventions to human happiness. The Anonymous Narrator is a feckless, would-be revolutionary who...
Kashtanka - Anton Chekhov
Kashtanka - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Animals & Nature
"Kashtanka," a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its eponymous heroine, a fox-faced, reddish dachshund-mix, whose name means 'little chestnut.' After her detestation of...
The Duel - Anton Chekhov
The Duel - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: General Fiction
The plot centres around Laevsky, who is living in a small seaside town in the Caucasus after running away with another man's wife, Nadyezhda Fyodorovna, amid dreams of starting a new life.The dreams have come to nothing as Laevsky idles away his...
Uncle Vanya - Anton Chekhov
Uncle Vanya - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Comedy / Tragedy
Uncle Vanya (subtitled βScenes From Country Lifeβ) is a tragicomedy by Anton Chekhov. It is set on the failing country estate of a retired professor, Serebrakoff, who returns after a long absence with his beautiful young wife, and throws the...
The Proposal - Anton Chekhov
The Proposal - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Satire
The Proposal is a one act comic farce by Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's Russia, marriage was a means of economic stability for most people. They married to gain wealth and possessions. In this play, the concept of marriage is being satirized to show...
Three Years - Anton Chekhov
Three Years - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Laptev, the rich but unattractive scion of a merchant, renounces his independent-minded, intelligent, devoted, but equally unattractive mistress Polina in order to marry the beautiful young gold-digger Yulia. Their life together quickly deteriorates...
The Seagull - Anton Chekhov
The Seagull - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Plays
The Seagull (Russian: Π§Π°ΠΉΠΊΠ°, Chayka) is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The play was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. It dramatises the romantic and artistic...
The House With The Mezzanine And Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
The House With The Mezzanine And Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Short Stories / Published 1900 onward / Single Author Collections
Six short stories and a novella by the Russian master. (david wales)...
The Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov
The Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Plays
Three Sisters is a naturalistic play about the decay of the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world. It describes the lives and aspirations of the Prozorov family, the three sisters (Olga, Masha, and Irina) and...
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Short Stories
Volume 8 of a collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov. The selection includes The Chorus Girl, A Gentleman Friend and A father, among others. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
My Life: The Story of a Provincial - Anton Chekhov
My Life: The Story of a Provincial - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Literary Fiction
A provincial youth of wealth and noble status refuses to employ himself in the typical occupations of the higher classes, thus acquiring a reputation as a lazy good-for-nothing. In reality, he is intensely sensitive to the injustices perpetrated by...
The Steppe - Anton Chekhov
The Steppe - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Little Yegorushka goes off to school for the first time, setting out on the journey in the company of his Uncle Ivan, the local priest Father Christopher, and the fun-loving servant Deniska. Along the way they meet an extraordinarily colorful array...
The Cherry Orchard - Anton Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Comedy / Tragedy
The 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...
The Black Monk - Anton Chekhov
The Black Monk - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Aspiring academic Andrei Kovrin, while summering in the countryside per the advice of a physician, is haunted by the apparition of a black monk that appears only to him and encourages him in his intellectual pursuits. Although Kovrin is the only one...