Product Description: Agafya is a short story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov detailing a late night encounter between an intelligent but lazy village dropout and the peasant wife of a signalman. 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...read more

Five of Chekov's well-known plays express ways humans cope when trapped in their environment, revealing their weaknesses in the face of others' greed, and show how single affirmations remain in the midst of despair.

Product Description: Frau Popow. Luka. Frau Popow (in tiefer Trauer, sitzt auf dem Sofa rechts, blickt unverwandt eine Photographie an). Luka. Es ist nicht recht, gnädige Frau… Sie richten sich zugrunde. Die Magd und die Köchin sind Beeren suchen gegangen, alles, was atmet, freut sich des Daseins, selbst die Katze versteht sich auf ihr Vergnügen – schleicht im Hof umher und fängt Vögel; bloß Sie hocken den ganzen Tag im Zimmer, gerade wie in einem Kloster und haben so gar keine Freude… Ja, wahrhaftig, wenn man genau nachrechnet, haben Sie ein Jahr lang das Haus nicht verlassen...read more

Product Description: The story carries as many themes as any of Chekhov’s plays. It carries a mysterious atmosphere as the female protagonist delves deep into the character of the black monk. The theme appears as an idiosyncratic issue, but it is at the same time Russian and universal in its nature...read more

Product Description: The story carries as many themes as any of Chekhov’s plays. It carries a mysterious atmosphere as the female protagonist delves deep into the character of the black monk. The theme appears as an idiosyncratic issue, but it is at the same time Russian and universal in its nature...read more

Product Description: The story carries as many themes as any of Chekhovs plays. It carries a mysterious atmosphere as the female protagonist delves deep into the character of the black monk. The theme appears as an idiosyncratic issue, but it is at the same time Russian and universal in its nature...read more

Product Description: The story carries as many themes as any of Chekhovs plays. It carries a mysterious atmosphere as the female protagonist delves deep into the character of the black monk. The theme appears as an idiosyncratic issue, but it is at the same time Russian and universal in its nature...read more

Product Description: While Anton Chekhov is best known for his lengthier plays, he also wrote one-act comedies. The Boor is one of those. In The Boor, a crude and rude landowner, Smirnov, visits a grieving widow, Yelena, to collect on a debt her departed husband owed him...read more

Product Description: While Anton Chekhov is best known for his lengthier plays, he also wrote one-act comedies. The Boor is one of those. In The Boor, a crude and rude landowner, Smirnov, visits a grieving widow, Yelena, to collect on a debt her departed husband owed him...read more

Product Description: Frau Popow. Luka. Frau Popow (in tiefer Trauer, sitzt auf dem Sofa rechts, blickt unverwandt eine Photographie an). Luka. Es ist nicht recht, gnädige Frau… Sie richten sich zugrunde. Die Magd und die Köchin sind Beeren suchen gegangen, alles, was atmet, freut sich des Daseins, selbst die Katze versteht sich auf ihr Vergnügen – schleicht im Hof umher und fängt Vögel; bloß Sie hocken den ganzen Tag im Zimmer, gerade wie in einem Kloster und haben so gar keine Freude… Ja, wahrhaftig, wenn man genau nachrechnet, haben Sie ein Jahr lang das Haus nicht verlassen...read more

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Product Description: Easter Eve is a short story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. 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...read more

Product Description: Tschubukow. Dann Lomow im Frack und in weißen Handschuhen. Tschubukow (geht ihm zur Begrüßung entgegen). Liebster! Wen sehe ich da! Iwan Wassiljitsch! Höchst erfreut! (Drückt ihm die Hand.) Ist das aber eine Überraschung, mein Gutester… Wie geht es Ihnen? Lomow...read more

Product Description: Ivan Matveyitch is a short story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. 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...read more