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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is considered a very "real life" writer, his feet solidly on the ground at all times. The Black Monk is his foray into madness and mysticism to rival the likes of Dostoyevsky, Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Kuprin.

Sbornik rasskazov velikogo russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chehova. Chehov - velikij russkij myslitel'-realist, oblichitel' mira poshlosti i meshhanstva, nesravnennyj hudozhnik. Problemy, postavlennye v ego proizvedenijah, aktual'ny i v nashi dni.

The collection of the great Russian writer Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) includes his stories.

Russia - a vast and complex place that hides its secrets well. Two masters of the short story shed light upon its people and their emotional hinterland. Great stories, simply told with fresh voices.

The Duel takes place in a small and peaceful town by the Black Sea. Two friends chat while swimming. Ivan Laevsky, 28, reveals his private secrets to Samoilenko, an army doctor. He reveals that, two years ago, he began an affair with a married woman. They fled to the Caucasus to get a fresh start. But the town and its inhabitants turned out to be dull, and Laevsky did not like it there. He does not see any future for himself and Nadezhda Fyodorovna, only more and more lies.

bibliophile's collection of wide ranging and masterful short stories, embracing both the subtle and the macabre, the whimsical and the downright frightful. Fifty captivating short stories which will keep listeners glued to their headsets.

Eto moe imja populjarno. V Rossii ono izvestno kazhdomu gramotnomu cheloveku, a za graniceju ono upominaetsja s kafedr s pribavkoju izvestnyj i pochtennyj. Prinadlezhit ono k chislu teh nemnogih schastlivyh imen, branit' kotorye ili upominat' ih vsue, v publike i v pechati schitaetsja priznakom durnogo tona. Tak jeto i dolzhno byt'. Ved' s moim imenem tesno svjazano ponjatie o cheloveke znamenitom, bogato odarennom i nesomnenno poleznom. Ja trudoljubiv i vynosliv, kak verbljud, a jeto vazhno, i talantliv, a jeto eshhe vazhnee.

Vasilisa had not seen her daughter for four years. Her daughter, Yefimya, had gone after her wedding to Petersburg, had sent them two letters, and since then had seemed to vanish out of their lives; there had been no sight nor sound of her. And whether the old woman was milking her cow at dawn or heating her stove or dozing at night, she was always thinking of one and the same thing - what was happening to Yefimya, whether she were alive.... Read in English, unabridged.

Nellie, a young and pretty girl, dreaming day and night of being married, gazes into a looking glass. In the mirror her future husband emerges, and they live together through days and months in fast-forward, yet she sees her future distinctly in all its details.

Thirteen-year-old Varka, who lost her father, is hired as a servant and a babysitter in a shoemaker's house. All day long, she is forced to fulfill the owners’ orders, and later, she sits all night long by the cradle, trying desperately not to fall asleep. Varka knows that she would be severely beaten for that by her masters….

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on 29th January 1860, in Taganrog, on the south coast of Russia. 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. He was also a major playwright beginning with the huge success of ‘Ivanov’ in 1887.

Loss in any form seems to burden us with more weight than anything that can possibly be gained or learnt from. The loss of a person, a loved one, is often overwhelming. Lives so interwoven that the severing or loss of one life leaves the other weakened, unable to function for some time. Recovery comes in a myriad of forms but is usually debilitating, slow and, in the end, we are not as whole as we once were.It is a subject that authors return to again and again.

Christmas may come but once a year but evil, intrigue and malevolence are everyday events. Within this volume Christmas is a time when these dark forces form and coalesce to take life and liberty from people who may and who may not deserve the spin of its wheel. Some are merely evil, others have the beginnings of a conscience that displays itself in a dialogue with the devil, or perhaps only themselves. But, in this volume Christmas takes a ringside seat to the horrors of the human heart.

The story of an isolated man and wife visited by the postman and his coachman. This visit triggers all sorts of interpersonal dynamics, as the husband accuses his wife of being a witch who ensorcels young men, while the wife feels that her life has been wasted with her useless husband.

Pavel Vassilyevitch finds himself meeting with an unwanted visitor one day after lunch, an odd woman beseeching him to give him just a half hour of his time. Madam Murashkin wants Pavel to critique a play that she has written before she sets off on a voyage, and insists it will take only a half hour of his time. Unable to deny her relentless pitiful pleas, Pavel gives in and Madam Murashkin launches into her play - which turns out to take much longer than half an hour to get through.

A young aspiring male student finds himself in a difficult situation. While working on his dissertation he is interrupted by a young women, asking him to walk her home. He decides it is best and complies with her request. It is later decided the two should marry but it is against the young man's wishes. A great idea comes to the man regarding their marriage, but it is a little too late.

The coffin-maker Yakov is shocked by his wife's illness, with whom he lived for 52 years. An understanding suddenly came to him that the woman had never seen love or affection from him for the entire time of family life. But only accusations and abuse. The husband, who fell into extreme stinginess, forbade her to drink tea, and the unfortunate woman was forced to drink empty boiling water. Her whole life was spent in work and utmost need in the tiny hut where Yakov stored, ready for sale, coffins. 

In the cheapest room of a big block of furnished apartments Stepan Klotchkov, a medical student in his third year, was walking to and fro, zealously conning his anatomy. In the window, covered by patterns of frost, sat Anyuta, a thin little brunette of five-and-twenty, very pale with mild grey eyes. Sitting with bent back she was busy embroidering with red thread the collar of a man's shirt. She was working against time....

世界に名高いロシアの作家チェーホフ(1860~1904)。その初期ユーモア短編集から、『お化け鏡』、『床屋では』、『謎の女(ひと)』の3作品を収めました。本格的に作家の道を歩み出す前、冗談半分で雑誌に投稿し始めた頃の作品ですが、すでに天賦の才が見え隠れしています。 『お化け鏡』。蝋燭を手にした若夫婦が、暗闇の地下室へ入ります。そこにあるのは、先祖伝来の鏡。悪魔が宿ると言い伝えられてきました。若い妻は、鏡を覗いた瞬間、あっと声を上げて気絶してしまいます。一体、何事が……。 『床屋では』。気まじめな若者が営む粗末な床屋へ馴染みの客がやってきます。待ちに待った客のようです。病み上がりの客は、医者の指示通り、丸坊主にしてくれと頼みます。後で濃い毛髪が生えてくるからだそうです。さて、どうなりますことやら…… 『謎の女(ひと)』。一等車の個室。駆け出しの作家と着飾った美女が向かい合っています。女は、切々と不幸な身の上話を始めます。若い作家は、この女性に身も心も捧げたい気持ちになります。薄幸な、謎の女性は、ふと、ため息をつくと……。 訳・朗読 清水柳一/ロシア語発音指導 東シャトウーヒナ/音響効果 岩田直行/朗読者:清水 柳一(Shimizu Ryuichi) ...

世界に名高いロシアの作家チェーホフ(1860~1904)。その初期ユーモア短編集から、『お化け鏡』、『床屋では』、『謎の女(ひと)』の3作品を収めました。本格的に作家の道を歩み出す前、冗談半分で雑誌に投稿し始めた頃の作品ですが、すでに天賦の才が見え隠れしています。 『お化け鏡』。蝋燭を手にした若夫婦が、暗闇の地下室へ入ります。そこにあるのは、先祖伝来の鏡。悪魔が宿ると言い伝えられてきました。若い妻は、鏡を覗いた瞬間、あっと声を上げて気絶してしまいます。一体、何事が……。 『床屋では』。気まじめな若者が営む粗末な床屋へ馴染みの客がやってきます。待ちに待った客のようです。病み上がりの客は、医者の指示通り、丸坊主にしてくれと頼みます。後で濃い毛髪が生えてくるからだそうです。さて、どうなりますことやら…… 『謎の女(ひと)』。一等車の個室。駆け出しの作家と着飾った美女が向かい合っています。女は、切々と不幸な身の上話を始めます。若い作家は、この女性に身も心も捧げたい気持ちになります。薄幸な、謎の女性は、ふと、ため息をつくと……。 訳・朗読 清水柳一/音響効果 岩田直行 朗読者:清水 柳一(Shimizu Ryuichi) ...