Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov's birth ( 29.01.1860)
ЦИТАТА ДНЯ
А. Н. ПЛЕЩЕЕВУ
4 октября 1888 г. Москва.
...
Я боюсь тех, кто между строк ищет тенденции и кто хочет видеть меня
непременно либералом или консерватором. Я не либерал, не консерватор,
не постепеновец, не монах, не индифферентист. Я хотел бы быть свободным
художником и - только, и жалею, что бог не дал мне силы, чтобы быть им.
Я ненавижу ложь и насилие во всех их видах
...
Фарисейство, тупоумие и произвол царят не в одних только купеческих
домах и кутузках; я вижу их в науке, в литературе, среди молодежи…
Потому я одинако не питаю особого пристрастия ни к жандармам, ни к
мясникам, ни к ученым, ни к писателям, ни к молодежи. Фирму и ярлык я
считаю предрассудком. Мое святая святых - это человеческое тело,
здоровье, ум, талант, вдохновение, любовь и абсолютнейшая свобода,
свобода от силы и лжи, в чем бы последние две ни выражались. Вот
программа, которой я держался бы, если бы был большим художником.
I am afraid of those who look for a tendency between the lines, and who are determined to regard me either as a liberal
or as a conservative. I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk, not an
indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and nothing more, and I regret that God has not given me the power to be
one. I
hate lying and violence in all their forms. Pharisaism, stupidity and
despotism reign not in merchants’ houses and prisons alone. I see them in
science, in literature, in the younger generation.... That is why I have no preference either for gendarmes, or for
butchers, or for scientists, or for writers, or for the younger generation. I regard trade-marks and labels as a
superstition. My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute
freedom—freedom from violence and lying, whatever forms they may take. This is the programme I would follow if I were a
great artist. Your Anton Chekhov ( translated by Constance Garnett)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов, pronounced [ɐnˈton ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕɛxəf]; 29 January [O.S. 17 January] 1860 – 15 July [O.S. 2 July] 1904) was a Russianshort-story writer, playwright and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world literature.[1] His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.[2][3]
Chekhov practised as a doctor throughout most of his literary career:
"Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my
mistress."[4]
Рассказ Антона Чехова "Студент" русско-английский параллельный текст
Из воспоминаний родных и близких писателя известно, что «Студент» был
его любимым произведением. В нём нашли отражение некоторые детские
впечатления автора, воспитанного в семье, строго соблюдавшей церковные
традиции. В то же время рассказ отличают черты, свойственные поздним
произведениям Чехова: глубокое духовное содержание, философичность и
одновременно ярко выраженный лиризм
His own favorite among his stories, "The Student," a moving piece about the importance of religious tradition.
Atmospheric, compassionate, and uncannily wise, Chekhov's short fiction
possesses the transcendent power of art to awe and change the reader.
9 февраля
21:09. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin, translated into the English
by James Falen, part 1 of 60, russian-english parallel text , mp3
podcast
Selected stories Collection 1 THE LADY
WITH THE DOG - Anna on the neck - Betrothed - The Bishop - About love - The
darling - ROTHSCHILD'S FIDDLE - Ward №6 - The Grasshopper- Sleepy - Vanka –
Misery
Collection 2 THE MAN IN
A CASE- GOOSEBERRIES – IONITCH - AN ARTIST'S STORY - THE TEACHER OF LITERATURE -
A DREARY STORY- In the ravine
Collection 3 SORROW- THE
DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK - FAT AND THIN - A CHAMELEON – HAPPINESS – KASHTANKA
- THE STEPPE- THE BLACK MONK - A WOMAN'S KINGDOM - AT A COUNTRY HOUSE – ARIADNE
– PEASANTS - THE SCHOOLMISTRESS
Collection
4 AT CHRISTMAS TIME- ON OFFICIAL DUTY - THE NEW VILLA - A DOCTOR'S VISIT -
AT HOME - THE PETCHENYEG - THE MURDER – WHITEBROW - THE HELPMATE - THE
HEAD-GARDENER'S STORY - THE STUDENT - THE TWO VOLODYAS - AN ANONYMOUS STORY –
TERROR – NEIGHBOURS - IN EXILE - AFTER THE THEATRE -
LIGHTS
Bartlett, Rosamund
"Chekhov -Scenes from a life” fb2.zip
,1-7 тома из 30-томника (
рассказы 1880-1891), 8-10
тома из 30-томника ( рассказы 1892-1903), 11-12 тома из 30-томника
( пьесы 1878-1891), 13
том из 30-томника ( пьесы 1895-1904), 14-15 тома из 30 томника
( остров Сахалин ) , 16
том из 30 томника ( статьи, заметки), 17 Том – записные
книжки
Anton
Chekhov wrote three interconnected short stories, sometimes referred to
as "The Little Trilogy." The three are: "The Man in a Case,"
"Gooseberries," and "About Love." These individual tales are well loved
in their own right, but read/listened to together, they reveal
interrelated, reoccurring characters and themes. The three stories read
here in public performance, are now available as an MP3
audiobook. Please select the version appropriate to your player.
Complete audiobook 1 hour 32 mins.
The Little Trilogy: The Man in a Case, Gooseberries, About Love - for any mp3 player [01:32:00]
This dramatic series is based on
sixteen stories drawn from Anton Chekhov's vast body of work. The
stories range from early sketches published when he was still a medical
student to the masterpieces he wrote in the last decade of his life.
The stories are arranged in chronological order and trace Chekhov's
development as an artist and as a human being. This series aired
nationwide on NPR Playhouse in the early 90s.
Selected short stories by Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett fb2.zip ebook
Sorrow
Misery
Vanka
Kashtanka
Sleepy
The Beauties
A Dreary Story
The Grasshopper
Ward No. 6
Rothschild's Fiddle
The Student ( Chekhov's his own favorite short story) Anna on the Neck' ( There is a wonderful russian ballet Anyuta by Valery Gavrilin in Bolshoi theatre based on this short story)
The Schoolmistress
- The Man in a Case
Ionitch
The Darling ( Tolstoy's favorite short story)
The Lady with a Dog ( The best ever short story in the opinion of Vladimir Nabokov)
In the Ravine
The Bishop
Betrothed ( The last short story written by Chekhov a short time before his death)
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