
Undiscovered Chekhov
Description
Alles über E-Books | Antworten auf Fragen rund um E-Books, Kopierschutz und Dateiformate finden Sie in unserem Info- & Hilfebereich.
Many of the stories in The Undiscovered Chekhov reveal Chekhov as a keen modernist. Emphasizing impressions and the juxtaposition of incongruent elements, instead of the straight narrative his readers were used to, these stories upturned many of the assumptions of storytelling of the period.
Here is "Sarah Bernhardt Comes to Town," written as a series of telegrams, beginning with "Have been drinking to Sarah's health all week! Enchanting! She actually dies standing up!..." In "Confession...," a thirty-nine year old bachelor recounts some of the fifteen times chance foiled his marriage plans. In "How I Came to be Lawfully Wed," a couple reminisces about the day they vowed to resist their parents' plans that they should marry. And in the more familiarly Chekhovian "Autumn," an alcoholic landowner fallen low and a peasant from his village meet far from home in a sad and haunting reunion in which the action of the story is far less important than the powerful impression it leaves with the reader that each man must live his life and has his reasons.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions


Persons
Translator PETER CONSTANTINE is the author of many books on the languages and cultures of the Far East. He is the translator of the complete stories of Isaac Babel and lives in New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction and Acknowledgments
- PART ONE
- Sarah Bernhardt Comes to Town
- On the Train
- The Trial
- Confession-or Olya, Zhenya, Zoya: A Letter
- Village Doctors
- An Unsuccessful Visit
- A Hypnotic Seance
- The Cross
- The Cat
- How i Came to Be Lawfully Wed
- From the Diary of an Assistant Bookkeeper
- A Fool
- or, The Retired Sea Captain: A Scene from an Unwritten Vaudeville Play
- In Autumn
- The Grateful German
- A Sign of the Times
- From the Diary of a Young Girl
- The Stationmaster
- A Womans Revenge
- O Women, Women!
- Two Letters
- To Speak or Be Silent: A Tale
- After the Fair
- At the Pharmacy
- On Mortality: A Carnival Tale
- A Serious Step
- The Good German
- First Aid
- Intrigues
- PART TWO
- This and That: Four Vignettes
- Elements Most Often Found in Novels, Short Stories, Etc.
- Supplementary Questions for the Statistical Census, Submitted by Antosha Chekhonte
- Questions Posed by a Mad Mathematician
- A Lawyer's Romance: A Protocol
- Questions and Answers
- America in Rostov on the Don
- Mr. Gulevitch, Writer, and the Drowned Man
- The Potato and the Tenor
- Mayonnaise
- At a Patient's Bedside
- My Love
- Doctor's Advice
- A Glossary of Terms for Young Ladies
- A New illness and an Old Cure
- Dates of First Publication in Periodicals
System requirements
File format: ePUB
Copy protection: Adobe-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
System requirements:
- Computer (Windows; MacOS X; Linux): Install the free reader Adobe Digital Editions prior to download (see eBook Help).
- Tablet/smartphone (Android; iOS): Install the free app Adobe Digital Editions or the app PocketBook before downloading (see eBook Help).
- E-reader: Bookeen, Kobo, Pocketbook, Sony, Tolino and many more (not Kindle).
The file format ePub works well for novels and non-fiction books – i.e., „flowing” text without complex layout. On an e-reader or smartphone, line and page breaks automatically adjust to fit the small displays.
This eBook uses Adobe-DRM, a „hard” copy protection. If the necessary requirements are not met, unfortunately you will not be able to open the eBook. You will therefore need to prepare your reading hardware before downloading.
Please note: We strongly recommend that you authorise using your personal Adobe ID after installation of any reading software.
For more information, see our ebook Help page.