Anton Chekhov Books
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A Naughty Boy
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Excerpts: [... and Anna Zamblitskaya, a girl with a tip-tilted nose, descended the steep river bank and took their seats on a bench at its foot. The bench stood at the ...... Sitting there, one was hidden from all the world and observed only by fish and the daddy-long-legs that skimmed like lightning across the surface of ...... for my existence. I knew that you were the idol at whose feet I was ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 252
Love
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [The Love Dare is a non-fiction marriage-related book written by Alex and Stephen Kendrick. It is a 40-day Christian devotional designed to strengthen marriages. Each daily devotion includes scripture a statement of principle the days dare and a journaling area and check box to chart progress. It is used in the storyline for the 2008 film Fireproof which is directed by author Alex Kendrick. For ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature | short story collection] Downloads: 3
Love And Other Stories
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [Free Love and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish Booker-shortlisted author Ali Smith first published in 1995 by Virago Press. It was her first published book and won the Saltire First Book of the Year award. and a Scottish Arts Council award A Sweetly memorable collection - The Times]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 312
Mire
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Excerpts: [... snow-white tunic of an officer rode into the great yard of the vodka distillery belonging to the heirs of M. E. Rothstein. The sun smiled carelessly ...... Moiseyevna. I know Kryukov. Sit down I don't like anything big standing before me. My cousin charges me to ask you a favour, the lieutenant ...... You see, it's on my own account I'm acting, I ought to tell you. At all costs I ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 372
On The High Road
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 ? 15 July 1904) was a Russian short-story writer playwright and physician considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world literature. 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 doctor throughout most of his literary ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 484
Plays Series 2
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [The power of darkness.--The first distiller.--The fruits of enlightenment.--The live corpse.--The light shines in the darkness.--The root of all evil.--The wisdom of children.]
Genres: [drama] Downloads: 461
Sleepy Eye
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [Irving Washington. Rip Van Winkle The legend of Sleepy Hollow.-Hawthorne Nathaniel. The paradise of children The three golden apples The golden touch The pomegranate seeds Circes palace.- Bulfinch Thomas. Cupid and Psyche The golden fleece.- Farrington Margaret Vere. The tournament at Winchester The lady of Shalott.- Kingsley Charles. Perseus.- De la Rame? Louisa. A dog of Flanders.]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 294
The Black Monk
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Excerpts: [... But when the last manuscript had been torn up and sent flying out of window, he felt, for some reason, suddenly bitter and angry he went to ...... heavy, insipid language - in fact, to gain the position of a mediocre learned man, he, Kovrin, had had to study for fifteen years, to work day and ...... eyebrows, barefoot, his arms crossed over his breast, floated by him, and stood ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 20
The Boor
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 ? 15 July 1904) was a Russian short-story writer playwright and physician considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world literature. 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 doctor throughout most of his literary ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 357
The Cherry Orchard
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Excerpts: [... I bought myself some boots two days ago, and I beg to assure you that they squeak in a perfectly unbearable manner. What shall I put on them? ...... on to me? VARYA. You couldn't go alone, darling, at seventeen! ANYA. We went to Paris it's cold there and snowing. I talk French ...... to Moscow, and so on, from one holy place to another. I'd tramp and tramp. That would be splendid! ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 327
The Chorus Girl And Other Stories
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [My favourite author. One of the best short sory writers. You can enjoy all his collections.]
Genres: [short story collection] Downloads: 46
The Cook Wedding And Other Stories
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 ? 15 July 1904) was a Russian short-story writer playwright and physician considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world literature. 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 doctor throughout most of his literary ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 190
The Darling
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [Prince Darling is a fairy tale included by Andrew Lang in his Blue Fairy Book.]
Genres: [short story collection] Downloads: 47
The Darling And Other Stories
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [The beggar.--The darling.--The cossack.--The match.--The husk.--Who to blame?--The incubus.--Rothschilds fiddle.--The night before the trial.--A happy ending.--The young wife.--A terrible night.--At home.--About the book.]
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The Duel And Other Stories
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [A malefactor -- The kiss -- The duel -- Anna on the neck -- The man in a case -- The darling.]
Genres: [short story collection] Downloads: 15
The Grasshopper
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Summary: [Includes bibliographical references (p. 199)]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 102
The Horse Stealers And Other Stories
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Excerpts: [... him here-speak of him not at night-near this very inn. I was driving, I remember, to Golyshino I was going there to vaccinate. Of course, as usual, ...... at the dogs, and did not hit one of them then he rushed back to the house. When he went into the entry he distinctly heard someone scurry out of ...... to make himself useful. He gives his companions water, and covers them up ...]
Genres: [short story collection] Downloads: 146
The House With The Mezzanine And Other Stories
[english | 1917]Anton Chekhov
Excerpts: [... into my face with her big eyes, she would tell me of things that had happened, how the chimney in the servants' room had caught fire, or how the ...... time to take thought of their souls, of God and to develop their spiritual capacities. Every human being's salvation lies in spiritual activity-in his ...... never seen him wear before. The lieutenant remembered that Father ...]
Genres: [short story collection] Downloads: 450
The Lady With A Dog And Other Stories
[english | ]Anton Chekhov
Excerpts: [... to let her stay just another half-hour then, without knowing why, she began to apologise, to protest - and all in a whisper, with a smile, that ...... she was comforted, and her gaiety returned they both began laughing. Afterwards when they went out there was not a soul on the sea-front. ...... to him that he had grown so much older, so much plainer during the last few years. The ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 254