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Anton Chekov
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian physician, dramatist 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 practiced as a 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.
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A Day In The Country
382The Bet (Unabridged)
183Seagull Oratorio: Bird in the Forest (feat. David Abeles, Patrick Breiner & Michael Cera)
164Nina’s Monologue (feat. Gillian Jacobs)
135Seagull Oratorio: Trigorin (feat. David Abeles)
106Seagull Oratorio: Nina Spraypaint
97Stephen Fry Presents a Selection of Anton Chekhov's Short Stories (Unabridged)
88The Student
39The Huntsman
310Oh! The Public
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The Classic Short Story Collection
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The Bet (Unabridged)
Lemon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Stephen Fry Presents a Selection of Anton Chekhov's Short Stories (Unabridged)
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Librivox Short Stories Vol. 010
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Stephen Fry Presents A Selection Of Anton Chekhov's Short Stories
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Great Classic Stories II
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Seven Classic Plays : Uncle Vanya
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Drama
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In the Ravine & Other Short Stories [Audiobook]
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listentogenius.com
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Classic Russian Short Stories, Volume 1 (Unabridged)