My Life And Other Stories

Anton Chekhov, Constance Garnett, Craig Raine

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Russian

EVERYMANS LIBRARY
15 November 1992

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories

Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 - 15 July 1904) was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: Medicine is my lawful wife, he once said, and literature is my mistress. Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a theatre of mood and a submerged life in the text. Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. (wikipedia.org)

By: Anton Chekhov
Introduction by: Craig Raine
Translated by: Constance Garnett
Imprint: EVERYMANS LIBRARY
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 664g
ISBN: 9781857151206
ISBN 10: 1857151208
Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS
Pages: 586
Publication Date: 15 November 1992
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anton Chekhov was a Russian author and playwright who has been hailed as the master of the modern short story. Born in 1860 in Taganov, he studied at medical school before becoming a writer. Among his best known short tales are 'The Steppe' (which won him the Pushkin Prize in 1888), 'Ward No. 6' (1892) and 'The Lady with the Dog' (1889), while his plays include The Seagull (1895), Uncle Vanya (1897), The Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904), all of which are widely acclaimed as masterpieces. He died in July 1904 in Badenweiler, Germany.

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