Chekhov's Dama s sobachkoy (1899) is perhaps the most celebrated example of his shorter prose and one of the most famous stories in Russian literature. The tale of an adulterous liaison, set in Yalta, it shows to greatest effect Chekhov's propensity for the conjuring of mood and atmosphere. The tale's modernity is …
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the …
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the …
Wiśniowy sad – utwór dramatyczny Antoniego Czechowa wystawiony po raz pierwszy 1904 roku. Tematyką utworu jest rozpad dawnych gniazd szlacheckich i degeneracja ziemiaństwa. Treścią dramatu są dzieje wdowy Raniewskiej, jej brata Gajewa i ich najbliższego otoczenia. Raniewska po śmierci syna wyjechała za granicę z …