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The Portable Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Paperback | Pages: 631 pages

Rating: 4.3 | 519 Users | 48 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Portable Chekhov
ISBN:	0140150358 (ISBN13: 9780140150353)
Edition Language:	English

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Anton Chekhov remarked toward the close of his life that people would stop reading him a year after his death. But his literary stature and popularity have grown steadily with the years, and he is accounted the single most important influence on the development of the modern short story.

Edited and with an introduction by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, The Portable Chekhov presents twenty-eight of Chekhov's best stories, chosen as particularly representative of his many-sided portrayal of the human comedy--including "The Kiss," "The Darling," and "In the Ravine"--as well as two complete plays; The Boor, an example of Chekhov's earlier dramatic work, and The Cherry Orchard, his last and finest play. In addition, this volume includes a selection of letters, candidly revealing of Chekhov's impassioned convictions on life and art, his high aspirations, his marriage, and his omnipresent compassion.

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Title	:	The Portable Chekhov
Author	:	Anton Chekhov
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 631 pages
Published	:	1975 by Penguin Books (first published 1947)
Categories	:	Fiction. Short Stories. Classics. Literature. Russian Literature

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Ratings: 4.3 From 519 Users | 48 Reviews

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I think that I'm just not a fan of the Russian writers. Many of my peers and professors count them as the godfathers of fiction, but I don't get it. Sometimes the stories themselves are interesting, but then the way that they're told isn't. Or vice versa. Mostly, the feel depressing and drag on for many more pages than they should. And I'm left feeling empty.

This, my third (and a quarter) Chekhov collection, is an amazing body of work.I will not attempt to define Chekhov's genius here, but the curation and translation of this story compendium seems to single out ironic dialogue, poetic descriptions of nature, and a few strokes of Gogolian humor as high points in his oeuvre.I recommend this entire collection as excellent reading for when you might need a little dose of timeless literary humanism, perhaps as an antidote to 21st century craziness.

Two perfect stories: "The Kiss" and "The Lady With the Pet Dog."

I had bought this before learning my lesson that I can't handle complete collections of work. Extreme highs but slogging through everything leaves you feeling low.

Chekhov is a brilliant short story writer, who is considered by many, including me, to be the best at the craft. This collection is good not great.

Going back to add a review is hard. I know I liked the stories in the collection, some I even loved. What surprised me was how accessible Chekhov turned out to be. If I fell in love with a translation, how much would I have been struck by its original form?The story I remember most and in its entirety is "The Lady with the Pet Dog". An adulterous summer affair in Yalta turns into something more serious when the lovers have to part. This was the 1800s, I wouldn't have been surprised if a romance

It's Chechov, so.