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Vasilisa had not seen her daughter for four years. Her daughter, Yefimya, had gone after her wedding to Petersburg, had sent them two letters, and since then had seemed to vanish out of their lives; there had been no sight nor sound of her. And whether the old woman was milking her cow at dawn or heating her stove or dozing at night, she was always thinking of one and the same thing - what was happening to Yefimya, whether she were alive.... Read in English, unabridged.

The short story "Vanka", originally published in 1887 as a Christmas tale in the Peterburgskaya Gazeta, is quintessential Chekhov. Anton Chekhov, Russian short story writer and playwright, was a master of humorous but almost dark tales of mundane and often anti-climactic Russian life in the 19th century. "Vanka" is the story of a young shoemaker’s apprentice, who writes a letter in secret to his only living relative, his grandfather with a desperate plea to save him from the miserable life he lives with the shoemaker.

The world-class writers featured in this collection are adept at conjuring the depth of passion that surrounds all stories of love and loss. The short story form is perfect for capturing the uplift and dizzying heights that accompany a new object of affection, as well as the queasy unease and bottomless longing of lost loves.

"Life in Questions and Exclamations" is a short story by the Russian writer and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904). Written and first published in 1882 in the journal Alarm Clock under the pseudonym Antosha Chekhonte, the short story "Life in Questions and Exclamations" is written in an unusual form of a collection of key phrases—memoirs for each stage of a man's life—childhood, adolescence, youth, the period "between 20 and 30 years", "between 30-50 years", and old age.

Sbornik radiopostanovok po rasskazam Antona Chekhova. V sbornik vhodyat rasskazy: Nalim (ispolnyaet Anatoliy Papanov), Anyuta (ispolnyaet Andrey Mironov), Mal'chiki (ispolnyayut: Rostislav Plyatt, Bronislava Zaharova i Margarita Korabel'nikova), Antreprener pod divanom (ispolnyaet Vyacheslav Nevinnyy), Zagadochnaya natura (ispolnyaet Lyudmila Kasatkina), Loshadinaya familiya (ispolnyaet Vladimir Basov), Pis'mo (ispolnyaet Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy), Ne v duhe (ispolnyaet Leonid Bronevoy), Hameleon (ispolnyaet Oleg Tabakov)

Izdanie soderzhit znamenitye proizvedenija o zhivotnyh krupnejshih russkih pisatelej: L. N. Tolstogo, A. P. Chehova, A. I. Kuprina. Dobrye, ostrosjuzhetnye, liricheskie, proizvedenija pokazyvajut krasotu, blagorodstvo, otvagu, beskorystnuju vernost' zhivotnyh. Oni napolneny ljubov'ju k "brat'jam nashim men'shim". Sozdannye velikimi pisateljami, sochetajushhie velikolepnyj jazyk i zanimatel'nyj sjuzhet, rasskazy izdanija interesny vzroslym i detjam. Oni delajut svoih chitatelej dobree i mudree.

Pavel Vassilyevitch finds himself meeting with an unwanted visitor one day after lunch, an odd woman beseeching him to give him just a half hour of his time. Madam Murashkin wants Pavel to critique a play that she has written before she sets off on a voyage, and insists it will take only a half hour of his time. Unable to deny her relentless pitiful pleas, Pavel gives in and Madam Murashkin launches into her play - which turns out to take much longer than half an hour to get through.

Ah, childhood. A time of blissful innocence, "sweet pears and cakes." Not so fast. As Chekhov realistically observes, children are exposed to a wide range of experiences and emotions. Usually by adults, who long ago forgot what it was like to be a child. The children in this collection of stories range from two to nine years old, but they see it all, from life to death, from love to duplicity.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was one of the greatest writers of all time. Today he is remembered both as a brilliant playwright and one of the masters of the short story. "Typhus" and "Terror" are prime examples.

Yegor the huntsman, walking down a country road, accidentally meets his estranged wife, Pelageya, whom he's been married to for 12 years but visited just several times, and even then, drunk and violent. She weeps and, fawning before him, implores him to visit her more often. He tries to explain why he, the best sportsman around, 'a pampered man', enjoying good tea and 'refined conversation', could not bear to live in a village.

Here are two short stories by Anton Chekhov, one of the greatest writers of all time. Today he is remembered both as a brilliant playwright and one of the masters of short fiction. "Misfortune" and "Not Wanted" are prime examples of the latter.

The short story by Anton Chekhov published in 1889 tell the story of a bet between a banker and a young lawyer on whether a death sentence or a life in prison is better. At the end of the bet trying to measure the value of human life, the banker shall give two million rubles to the young lawyer if he lasts in prison for 15 years.

A young man gives a present of "a work of art", or so he thinks, with very interesting consequences. This is one of Chekov's most humorous stories.

The coffin-maker Yakov is shocked by his wife's illness, with whom he lived for 52 years. An understanding suddenly came to him that the woman had never seen love or affection from him for the entire time of family life. But only accusations and abuse. The husband, who fell into extreme stinginess, forbade her to drink tea, and the unfortunate woman was forced to drink empty boiling water. Her whole life was spent in work and utmost need in the tiny hut where Yakov stored, ready for sale, coffins.

A collection of classic, exciting short stories and poems, narrated by Adam Lubitz. There are nine tracks total and over two hours of content.

A lawyer encounters a beggar and offers him a menial job, after which he regularly comes to do odd jobs. Eventually, the lawyer gets him a clerical position. Years later, the beggar has risen in life, but it turns out that it was the lawyer’s servant Olga who caused the change of heart which set the beggar’s life in a new direction.

Sbornik radiopostanovok po rasskazam Antona Chekhova. V sbornik vhodyat rasskazy: Na dache (ispolnyayut: Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Georgiy Menglet, Vladimir Basov i Yuriy Yakovlev), Brozhenie umov (ispolnyaet Vyacheslav Nevinnyy), Passazhir 1-go klassa (ispolnyaet Sergey Yurskiy), Pervyy debyut (ispolnyaet Oleg Tabakov), Samoobol'shchenie (ispolnyaet Vyacheslav Nevinnyy), Vosklitsatel'nyy znak (ispolnyaet Vladimir Etush), Neudacha (ispolnyaet Vladimir Basov), Vyigryshnyy bilet (ispolnyaet Vyacheslav Nevinnyy).

Sbornik radiopostanovok po rasskazam Antona Chekhova. V sbornik vhodyat rasskazy: Iz zapisok vspyl'chivogo cheloveka (ispolnyayut: Oleg Tabakov, Tat'yana Vasil'eva i Tat'yana Pel'ttser), Zhenih i papen'ka (ispolnyaet Gennadiy Bortnikov), Ne sud'ba (ispolnyaet Georgiy Menglet), Tayna (ispolnyaet Vyacheslav Nevinnyy), Orator (ispolnyaet Igor' Il'inskiy), Peresolil (ispolnyaet Igor' Il'inskiy), Posle teatra (ispolnyaet Lyudmila Tselikovskaya), Udav i krolik (ispolnyaet Yuriy Yakovlev), Horoshiy konets (ispolnyayut: Evgeniy Vesnik, Lyudmila TSelikovskaya i Oleg Tabakov).

Chekhov has always been huge inspiration for many great writers who came in contact with Chekhov's art. Thomas Mann wrote that Chekhov's short stories attain full epic stature and can even surpass in intensity the great towering novels. 'If I understood that better in later life than in my youth, this was largely owing to my growing intimacy with Chekhov's art; for his short stories rank with all that is greatest and best in European literature,' he concluded.

История о том, как молодой человек Мисаил Полознев пытается выйти из-под власти деспотичного отца и найти свое место в жизни. С самого первого слова и до конца главный герой существует поперек общепринятых жизненных устоев.Этот рассказ звучит сегодня особенно остро и актуально для многих поколений. В спектакле бережно сохранен чеховский текст, тонко подчеркнуты неизменная авторская ирония и горькое напоминание о том, что мечты и реальная жизнь зачастую не совпадают.