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"The Lady with the Dog" is a short story by Anton Chekhov. First published in 1899, it describes an adulterous affair between an unhappily married Moscow banker and a young married woman that begins while both are vacationing alone in Yalta.

In The Doctor by Anton Chekhov we have the theme of loss, love, compassion, grief, acceptance, responsibility, selfishness and honesty. Taken from his The Collected Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story it becomes clear to the reader that Chekhov may be exploring the theme of loss.

In "Difficult People," Anton Chekhov focuses on the dysfunctional family of a farmer, whose son Pyotr needs money to return to college in Moscow. The father is miserly and withholding, so a fight breaks out. Pyotr stalks out in misery, then waves cheerfully at a wealthy old woman who drives by in a landau.

"A Happy Man" is a very funny and satiric story that tells us that happiness is easy and everything is in our hands. The action happens in the passenger train. One man tries to find his carriage, opening doors and saying "No, wrong again!" every time he misses. But suddenly he hears his name "Ivan Alexyevitch! What brings you here? Is it you?" It was his good mate Pyotr Petrovitch. They start chatting and Pyotr Petrovitch finds out that Ivan Alexyevitch has been married that day and he is coming straight away after the wedding.

"The Horse-Stealers" - a story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Written in 1890, first published in the magazine "New Time" No. 5061, April 1, 1890, signed Anton Chekhov.

"Defenceless Creature" - a story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Written in 1887, first published on February 28, 1887 in the magazine Oskolki. The story describes with irony a stubborn man who achieves his goals by relying on the pity of those around him.

In the story, "An Avenger", Anton Chekhov, explores the themes of infidelity, trust, revenge, shame and pride. Fyodor Sigaev catches his wife being unfaithful to him red-handed. He finds himself angry and outraged at a gun shop where he has thoughts of killing his wife, her lover and himself.

A"POPULAR" fête with a philanthropic object had been arranged on the Feast of Epiphany in the provincial town of N——. They had selected a broad part of the river between the market and the bishop's palace, fenced it round with a rope, with fir-trees and with flags, and provided everything necessary for skating, sledging, and tobogganing. The festivity was organized on the grandest scale possible. The notices that were distributed were of huge size and promised a number of delights: skating, a military band, a lottery with no blank tickets, an electric sun, and so on.

The story was written during Chekhov's stay in Nice. It was first published on November 2, 1897, in issue No. 303 of Russkikh Vedomosti. Chekhov later included an edited version of the story in the ninth volume of his collection of works, published by Adolf Marx in 1899-1901.

In "A Nervous Breakdown", Vasilyev feeling distressed after his visit to few brothels for the first time. Guilt, disgust and shame and of that little voices debating inside his mind that lead him to a symptom of a nervous breakdown. A quirky storytelling, quite distressing but entertaining.

"Dead Body" is one of the stories by Anton Chekhov, a classic of world literature. The story is about two men serving and protecting a dead man. This story is based on an incident that happened to the author of the story in Zvenigorod.

"The noble father and simpleton Shchiptsov, a tall, stocky old man, famous not so much for his stage talents as for his extraordinary physical strength, had a huge fight with the manager during the performance and in the midst of the swearing suddenly felt that something had snapped in his chest..

"A Troublesome Visitor" is a story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Written in 1886, first published in 1886 in the Petersburg Newspaper No. 190 dated July 14, signed by A. Chekhonte.

"About Love" is an 1898 short story by Anton Chekhov. The third and final part of the Little Trilogy, started by "The Man in the Case" and continued by "Gooseberries". The story begins with the love affair between the cook of the house, Nikanor and servant (beautiful woman) Pelageya. Nikanor, who is a drunkard, often verbally abuses and even beats his lover Pelageya when he is drunk. So Pelageya only wants to live with him without getting married. On the other hand, Nikanor doesn't want to be with her without getting married.

Soon after two o'clock one night, long ago, the cook, pale and agitated, rushed unexpectedly into my study and informed me that Madame Mimotih, the old woman who owned the house next door, was sitting in her kitchen."She begs you to go in to her, sir..." said the cook, panting. "Something bad has happened about her lodger... He has shot himself or hanged himself...""What can I do?" said I. "Let her go for the doctor or for the police!""How is she to look for a doctor! She can hardly breathe, and she has huddled under the stove, she is so frightened... You had better go round, sir."

Gefährlich und verwegen ist die Corrida, grausam und blutig der Hahnenkampf. Aber nichts übertrifft die Salsa de Tomates, das blutrote Gemetzel, zu dem man heimlich zusammenkommt im Hinterland von Granada... Ein Klassiker der Phantastik und des Horrors. "Die Tomatensauce" ist wohl Hanns Heinz Ewers' (1871-1943) bekannteste Novelle. Sie erschien zuerst 1905 in einer Berliner Zeitung und gilt heute als literarischer Vorläufer – oder sogar Gründungstext – des Splatter-Genres.

In dieser Sonderedition präsentiert Oliver Döring seine Gesammelten Werke in einer Neuinterprätation der Klassiker von H.G. Wells. Kommentiert, eingeleitet und begleitet durch extra für diese Sonderveröffentlichung produzierte Begleittexte, werden die Hörerinnen und Hörer in die phantastischen Welten der beiden Meister ihres Fachs eingestimmt. Die bekanntesten Stimmen Deutschlands, extravagante Sound- und Musikkulissen runden dieses Hörspielerlebnis zu einer Sammlung ab, die den Namen Sonderedition wahrlich verdient hat. Aber hört selbst.

Who could forget those blue eyes? Emotions run high when July Greer finds herself giving birth in the ER and the doctor delivering her son is her one and only one-night stand. July had told herself they’d both moved on. But seeing David again awakens all kinds of new feelings. David Wahl had been going through some tough times after the death of his wife when he met July in Chicago last year. Try as he might, he hasn’t been able to forget her. Now, here she was in Jackson Hole delivering a baby. His baby? She says no, but his heart says yes. It’s not long until they realize they’ve ...

Will love be the winner? Josie Campbell grew up surrounded by doctors who were fiercely dedicated to their profession. That’s why fun-loving Josie has never been tempted to date anyone in the profession. Then again, she’s never met anyone as intriguing as neurosurgeon Noah Anson. Captivated by Josie’s free-wheeling spirit—and her total lack of interest in him--Noah is determined to win the beauty’s heart. Noah has never met a situation he can’t control or a woman he can’t charm. When Noah asserts that he can win her heart in five dates, Josie can’t resist the tempting ...

Sometimes father knows best… At fourteen, one shared look convinced Adrianna Lee that she and her neighbor were soul mates. She’s older and wiser now, but a smile from Tripp Randall still makes her heart flutter. Tripp’s charmed life came to an abrupt end three years ago. When his wife died in childbirth, the loss brought him to his knees. Now his father’s illness has him back in Jackson Hole to stay. Though his ailing father’s dream is to see Tripp happily settled, Tripp doesn’t feel he’s ready to get serious. But when his dad turns Cupid, Tripp convinces a reluctant Adrianna...