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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov [a] (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ k ɒ f /; [3] Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов [b], IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕexəf]; 29 January 1860 [c] – 15 July 1904 [d]) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem ...
The Darling" (Russian: Душечка, romanized: Dushechka) is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov, first published in the No.1, 1899, issue of Semya (Family) magazine, on January 3, in Moscow. [1] Later, Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks.
A Tragedian in Spite of Himself Russian: Трагик поневоле, romanized: Tragik ponyevole, also known as A Reluctant Tragic Hero) is an 1889 one-act play by Anton Chekhov. Synopsis [ edit ]
According to the critic Yuri Sobolev, [2] who cites the Taganrog history scholar Pavel Filevsky as a source, [3] the prototype for Nikitin might have been the teacher of Latin in the Taganrog City Gymnasium V.D. Starov, although Chekhov has, apparently 'softened' some aspects of the latter's tragic story.
"The Chameleon" (Russian: Хамелеон, romanized: Chamelyeon) is a short story by Anton Chekhov published originally in the No. 36, 8 September 1884 issue of Oskolki magazine, subtitled "A Little Scene" (Сценка), signed A. Chekhonte (А. Чехонте).
"In Exile" was first published in the No. 20, 9 May 1892 issue of the Vsemirnaya Illustratsiya magazine. In a re-worked version (with two scenes re-written and the plot slightly changed) it was included into the second, 1894 edition of Chekhov's collection Novellas and Stories (Повести и рассказы), and later into Volume 8 of the Collected Works by A.P. Chekhov published by ...
"A Living Chronology" (Russian: Живая хронология, romanized: Zhivaya khronologiya) is a short story by Anton Chekhov published originally in the No. 8, 23 February 1885, issue of Oskolki magazine, signed A. Chekhonte (А. Чехонте).
Garshin in 1885. In March 1888, Russia was shocked by the news of the tragic death of Vsevolod Garshin.The writer, noted for his sensitivity to social injustice and great compassion for suffering people, died in a hospital five days after he threw himself down the stairwell from the fourth floor of the house he lived in. [2] Almost immediately, two groups of writers started to collect money ...