Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A Marriage Proposal (sometimes translated as simply The Proposal, Russian: Предложение, romanized: Predlozheniye) is a one-act farce by Anton Chekhov, written in 1888–1889 and first performed in 1890. It is a fast-paced play of dialogue-based action and situational humour.
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 ...
Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. He wrote hundreds of short stories, one novel, and seven full-length plays.
Chekhov in a 1905 illustration. On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco (Russian: О вреде табака, romanized: O vredye tabaka) is a one-act play by Anton Chekhov. It has one character, Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin. First published in 1886, the play was revised by Chekhov and is best known from his 1902 version.
The story, written in Nice, France, in November 1897, was first published in the No. 352, 21 December 1897 issue of the Russkiye Vedomosti.Vasily Sobolevsky, the newspaper's editor-in-chief, asked the author to remove the bit in which Nikolay Alekseyev, the mayor of Moscow, assassinated in 1893 was mentioned.
A collection of Anton Chekhov's short stories at Standard Ebooks; The Lady With the Dog complete text in English, Constance Garnett translation. The Lady With the Dog, audio version by NPR Playhouse; The Lady With the Dog summary and analysis at sparknotes.com; Дама с собачкой (in Russian) complete text of original story on lib.ru
"Small Fry" (Russian: Мелюзга, romanized: Melyuzga) is a short story by Anton Chekhov originally published in Oskolki magazine (No. 12 issue), on 25 March [O.S. 12 March] 1885 25 and signed A. Chekhonte (А. Чехонте).
Istoriya odnoy poyezdki) is a novella by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. In a narrative that drifts with the thought processes of the characters, Chekhov evokes a chaise journey across the steppe through the eyes of a young boy sent to live away from home, along with several companions, including his parish priest and his uncle, a merchant.