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Aug 1, 2023 · "The Proposal" by Anton Chekhov is a one-act play that delves into themes of love, pride, and societal expectations. Through its comedic elements and satirical portrayal of human behavior, Chekhov presents a thought-provoking commentary on the absurdity of certain social conventions and the complexities of human relationships.
Letters of Anton Chekhov, selected and edited by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, translation by Bernard Guilbert Guerney and Lynn Solotaroff, Viking, 1973. Dear Writer, Dear Actress: The Love Letters of Olga Knipper and Anton Chekhov, translated and edited by Jean Benedetti, Ecco Press (Hopewell, NJ), 1997. OTHER
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) ( 29 Januari 1860 – 15 Juli 1904) ( Kalender Julian: 17 Januari 1860 – 2 Juli 1904) adalah seorang penulis asal Rusia yang terkenal karena cerpen-cerpen dan dramanya. [1] Banyak dari cerpennya dianggap sebagai apotheosis dari bentuk sementara dramanya, meskipun hanya ...
1277 quotes from Anton Chekhov: 'Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.', 'Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.', and 'Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.'
Feb 2, 2015 · Anton Chekhov’s “Sakhalin Island,” his long investigation of prison conditions in Siberia, is the best work of journalism written in the nineteenth century. The fact that so few people know ...
Jan 24, 2023 · Pegasus Books, 400 pp., $29.95. From a young age, Chekhov delighted in the company of friends and family, and rarely had a dismissive word to say about anyone. (Toward the end of his life, he even ...
Apr 24, 2024 · For a man who died at 40, Anton Chekhov left an astounding legacy. Though he worked full-time as a physician — which in 19th-century Russia meant driving horse-carriages around the frigid countryside to visit badly suffering people in the middle of the night — Chekhov completed an unthinkable 600 short stories and 13 plays in his lifetime.
