The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Vol. 2
- Author Anton Chekhov
- Narrator Anthony Heald
- Publisher Craig Black
- Publish Date 11 November 2011
- Run Time 15 hours and 13 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Short stories.
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A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best short-story writers of all time. Having influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and James Joyce, Chekhov’s stories are often noted for their stream-of-consciousness style and their vast number. Raymond Carver once said, “It is not only the immense number of stories he wrote—for few, if any, writers have ever done more—it is the awesome frequency with which he produced masterpieces, stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish.”
In The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Volume 2: 1886, Blackstone has compiled fifty-five of Chekhov’s short stories:
ArtA BlunderChildrenMiseryAn UpheavalAn Actor’s EndThe RequiemAnyutaIvan MatveyitchThe WitchA Story without an EndA JokeAgafyaA NightmareGrishaLoveEaster EveLadiesStrong ImpressionsA Gentleman FriendA Happy ManThe Privy CouncillorA Day in the CountryAt a Summer VillaPanic FearsThe Chemist’s WifeNot WantedThe Chorus GirlThe SchoolmasterA Troublesome VisitorThe HusbandA MisfortuneA Pink StockingMartyrsThe First-Class PassengerTalentThe DependentsThe Jeune PremierIn the DarkA Trivial IncidentA Tripping TongueA Trifle from LifeDifficult PeopleIn the CourtA Peculiar ManMireDreamsHush!Excellent PeopleAn IncidentThe OratorA Work of ArtWho Was to Blame?VankaOn the Road
Critics Review
u201cAnton Chekhov was equally distinguished as short story writer and as dramatist. His influence upon the short story is still ongoing.u201d
“It is not only the immense number of stories he wrote…it is the awesome frequency with which he produced masterpieces, stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish.”
u201cChekhov is a master at making his charactersu2019 darkest aspects comprehensible and human. Heu2019s never sentimental and heu2019s not particularly pleasant, but he will always feel modern because of his astonishing juxtapositions and the way his charactersu2019 swift, darting minds vacillate between idealism and boredom, vanity and hope.u201d
u201cWith a collection of dozens of stories featuring a multitude of characters, a narrator might find himself significantly challenged. But Anthony Heald comes through with flying colors. He finds a unique voice for each characteru2014whether drunken man, pious widow, or ignorant peasant. Breathing life into each individual, he captures eccentricity, nervousness, and egotism. His enthusiastic reading gives Chekhov his full due and endows this collection with a strong voice of its own.u201d
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