Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
3) Uncle Vanya
The Wife and Other Stories includes:
"The Wife"
"Difficult People"
The Grasshopper"
"A Dreary Story"
"The Privy Councillor"
"The Man in a Case"
"Gooseberries"
"About Love"
"The Lottery Ticket"
A book containing 11 short stories by Russian playwright and writer Anton Chekhov: - The Chorus Girl
- Verotchka
- At a Country House
- A Father
- On the Road
- Rothschild's Fiddle
- Ivan Matveyitch
- Zinotchka
- Bad Weather
- A Gentleman Friend
- A Trivial Incident
Short sotries by Anton Chekhov, including:
"The Darling"
"Ariadne"
"Anyuta"
"The Two Volodyas"
"The Trousseau"
"The Helpmate"
"Talent"
"An Artist's Story"
"Three Years"
A hospital assistant, called Yergunov, an empty-headed fellow, known throughout the district as a great braggart and drunkard, was returning one evening in Christmas week from the hamlet of Ryepino, where he had been to make some purchases for the hospital. That he might get home in good time and not be late, the doctor had lent him his very best horse. At first it had been a still day, but at eight o'clock a violent snow-storm came on, and
..."The Party and Other Stories" is the fourth volume of the Tales of Chekhov series by Russian author Anton Chekhov. A collection of short stories including: The Party; Terror; A Woman's Kingdom; A Problem; The Kiss; 'Anna On The Neck'; The Teacher Of Literature; Not Wanted; Typhus; A Misfortune; and, A Trifle From Life."
10) The Sea-Gull
Perhaps the most elaborate and realistic analysis of the life of the tormented artist ever presented in dramatic form, Chekhov's The Sea Gull portrays the struggles of Konstantin Gavrilovich Trepliov to achieve his literary ambitions and win the love of Nina, a would-be actress. Thwarted by his beautiful mother, who feels her advancing age every time she sees her adult son, frustrated by his competition with the successful writer
...14) Schlafen!
15) Swan Song
One-act-play with only two characters: Vasili Svietlovidoff, a 68 year old comic actor and Nikita Ivanich, an even older man, the theater's prompter.
16) Drei Schwestern
Drei Schwestern (russisch Три сестры) ist ein am 31. Januar 1901 in Moskau uraufgeführtes Drama von Anton Tschechow.
Seit elf Jahren leben Irina, Mascha, Olga Prosorow und ihr Bruder Andrej in der Provinzstadt / Gouvernementsstadt fern von Moskau, woher sie stammen und wohin sie wieder zurück möchten. Durch ihren Vater, einen Brigadegeneral, waren sie hierher verschlagen worden. Doch der Vater ist jetzt tot. Der Bruder Andrej
...17) Ivanoff
The first of Chekhov's full-length dramas, Ivanov treads a fine line between broad comedy and tragic melodrama. Ivanov, a young estate owner, is too intelligent and too bored to endure his provincial life. He is a "superfluous man," attracted to a beautiful young woman who threatens his moral foundations and leads him ultimately to tragedy.
19) My Life
Subtitled "The Story of a Provincial" this tale deals with the life of Misail Poloznev, a young gentleman who renounces the "privilege of capital and education" in favor of earning his living through manual labor. (from Wikipedia)
