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Sadness can be about so many things from places to people, from thoughts to actions. Our classic authors including Arnold Bennett, James Joyce, Willa Cather, Joseph Conrad, Ivan Turgenev and many others use their pens and stories to demonstrate the many ways this feeling can take a hold of lives and its consequences.

The Three Sisters is Anton Chekhov's 1901 play about the Prosorov family, who are stuck in a provincial Russian town. The sisters - Olga, Masha, and Irina - fantasize about one day returning to Moscow. Meanwhile, their brother Andrey courts village girl Natasha, and the family socializes with the soldiers stationed nearby. Dreams, longing, and illicit love drive the action of Chekhov's comic drama.

Izdanie soderzhit rasskazy i povesti velikogo russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chehova, napisannye 1897-1903gg. Chehov rassmatrival raznoobraznye vidy "lozhnyh predstavlenij" - stereotipnyh zhiznennyh programm, standartov, po kotorym stroitsja vsjo povedenie cheloveka. Pisatel' nashjol dlja jetogo javlenija tochnuju i jomkuju formulu - "futljar".

Dramaturgo y autor de relatos ruso, es una de las figuras más destacadas de la literatura rusa. Chèjov nació el 29 de enero de 1860 en Taganrog, Rusia, y estudió medicina en la Universidad Estatal de Moscú. Casi no ejerció su profesión debido a su éxito como escritor y porque padecía tuberculosis.

Orson Welles, Sir Laurence Olivier, and Michael Redgrave present a collection of classic Russian fiction including "The Overcoat", "The Queen of Spades", and "A Day in the Country."

The Seagull is Anton Chekhov's first major play, originally produced in 1896. It dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arcadina, and her son, the symbolist playwright Constantine Treplef.

Auf der Erde schreibt man das Jahr 1551 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung, gut dreitausend Jahre vom 21. Jahrhundert alter Zeitrechnung entfernt. Nach großen Umwälzungen in der Milchstraße haben sich die Verhältnisse zwischen den unterschiedlichen Sternenreichen beruhigt; im Großen und Ganzen herrscht Frieden. Vor allem die von Menschen bewohnten Planeten und Monde streben eine positive Zukunft an. Tausende von Welten haben sich zur Liga Freier Galaktiker zusammengeschlossen, in der auch Wesen mitwirken, die man in früheren Jahren als »nichtmenschlich« bezeichnet hätte.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on 29th January 1860 in Taganrog, on the south coast of Russia. His family life was difficult; his father was strict and overbearing, but his mother was a passionate story-teller, a subject Chekhov warmed to. As he later said; ‘our talents we got from our father, but our soul from our mother’. Chekhov wrote over 500 short stories which included many, many classics including ‘The Kiss’ and ‘The Lady with a Dog’. His collection ‘At Dusk’ won him the coveted Pushkin Prize when was only 26.

Is Bitcoin the key to solving our societal challenges? In Bitcoin Nation, we dive deep into this idea. Discover the basics of money and Bitcoin and then envision a world shaped by it. Could entire nations operate on Bitcoin? How would governance change on a Bitcoin Standard? This book breaks it down for everyone, whether you're new to the topic or not. Prepare for a fresh perspective!

Contrary to the odds, he was a survivor. But it wasn't over, no matter what anyone said. The deadly, shadowy entity he was up against was doing everything to execute its evil scheme and take out anything in its way. It had at its disposal the latest technology, professional killers, and high-ranking patrons. And Clem Denisov, inveterate angel of retribution, wasn't going to put up with it. Clem's one saving grace was his ability to send sinners to hell—a place he knew only too well. And he wouldn't rest until the last of the killers targeting the players received his just dues.

If you're going to stick your hand into somebody else's refrigerator, you better be ready to deal with the consequences. Especially when, instead of perishable foodstuffs, the icebox in question contains people who are "provisionally alive". They haven't died yet - death has not yet made up its mind about them. And even though most of them will never open their eyes again, a lucky few do stand the ghost of a chance of returning to this world.

Anton Chekov o Chejov es un escritor ruso. Mientras trabajaba como médico, publicó más de 600 obras literarias; algunas de sus obras de teatro, a menudo representadas en la actualidad - La Gaviota, El Huerto de los Cerezos, El Tío Vania - lo convierten en uno de los autores más conocidos de la literatura rusa, en particular por su forma de describir la vida en la provincia rusa a finales del siglo XIX. Estas 100 citas pretenden dar acceso a una vida ejemplar, sorprendente o a una obra monumental a través de una selección de sus pensamientos más sorprendentes, en un formato accesible para todos.

Gusev is an 1890 short story by Anton Chekhov. Several discharged soldiers return home from the Far East by ship. Confined to the hospital cabin, they are all apparently dying of consumption and seemingly indifferent to their condition. Among them are Gusev, a mild, racist, slightly dim man, and the mysterious Pavel Ivanovich, an ardent "protester" who often goes on diatribes (many of which Gusev either misunderstands or ignores) about his lifelong commitment to telling people "the truth to their faces".

Iakov, fabricant de cercueils et violoniste occasionnel, éprouve une réelle aversion pour le jeune flûtiste juif Rothschild. Marfa, sa femme, évoque les rares instants de bonheur auprès de leur petite fille morte des années auparavant, dont il a oublié jusqu'à l'existence... Seul, il songe à sa vie, gâchée, et tout lui apparaît n'avoir été que perte. Quant à la princesse Véra Gavrilovna, elle a coutume de prendre sa retraite estivale dans un monastère, pour y "soigner son âme".

Izdanie soderzhit rasskazy i povesti velikogo russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chehova, napisannye 1897-1903gg. Chehov - velikij russkij myslitel'- realist, oblichitel' mira poshlosti i meshhanstva, nesravnennyj hudozhnik. Problemy, postavlennye v ego proizvedenijah, aktual'ny i v nashi dni.

Anton Tchékhov cimpossibilité d'aimer, mais l'amour lui inspirait émotion ou ironie, et une grande variété de tableaux : "Une nouvelle qui n'a pas de femmes, écrivait-il, c'est une machine sans vapeur." Souvent malheureuse, parfois cruelle, l'héroïne tchékhovienne par excellence est la femme incomprise, enlisée dans la monotonie des jours et rêvant d'une autre vie, inaccessible.

An astonishing collection of fifty of the greatest short stories ever written by some of literature's most highly acclaimed writers. 1. "Odour of Chrysanthemums" by D. H. Lawrence; 2. "Miss Harriet" by Guy de Maupassant; 3. "Twenty-six Men and a Girl" by Maxim Gorky; 4. "Hot Potatoes" by Arnold Bennett; 5. "Rats" by M. R. James; 6. "Zodomirsky’s Duel" by Alexandre Dumas; 7. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin; 8. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe; 9. "The Encased Man" by Anton Chekhov.

In the time of paranoia and religious fanaticism, one young woman's life falls into the hands of two very misguided men.

This audiobook contains condensed versions of 20 literary works intended for the study of literature in the eighth grade. Russian literature is here represented by: Anton Chekhov, "Dva rasskaza"; Alexandr Pushkin, "Arap Petra Velikogo", "Kapitanskaya dochka"; Alexandr Kuprin, "Sobachie schastie"; Alexandr Belyayev, "Chelovek, nashedshy svoe litso"; Aleksey Tolstoy, "Knyaz Serebrany"; Aleksey Tolstoy, "Petr Pervy"; Ivan Bunin, "Lapti", "Preobrazhenie"; Maksim Gorky, "V lyudyakh"; and many more.

In einem Mehrfamilienhaus in Bielefeld treffen drei Frauen aufeinander, deren Biografien kaum unterschiedlicher sein könnten. Vermieterin Dorothee Klasbrummel hat seit fünfzehn Jahren die eigenen vier Wände nicht verlassen, sich ihr heiteres Gemüt aber trotzdem bewahrt. Polizistin Nina Gruber verbringt ihr Sabbatjahr nicht wie geplant an malerischen Stränden, sondern pflegt ihre schwierige Mutter. Die junge Kioskbesitzerin Yasemin Nowak liebt das Leben und lässt in der Liebe nichts anbrennen, allerdings bereiten ihr die zunehmend unheimlicher werdenden Briefe eines heimlichen Verehrers Sorge.