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The Beauties
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 20 mins
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One great example of Chekhov's minimalism is found in The Beauties, a very short "story" - I use the term loosely, because it is really just two snapshots, two unrelated anecdotes in which a man describes seeing true beauty in two different women. These women are imperfect, yet enigmatically alluring. Chekhov's genius lies in the way he manages to convey with such apparent effortlessness a profound sense of the mystery of beauty, and of the sadness of those who observe and think.
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The Beauties
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 20 mins
- Release date: 13-03-24
- Language: English
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Gusev
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 34 mins
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Gusev is an 1890 short story by Anton Chekhov. Several discharged soldiers return home from the Far East by ship. Confined to the hospital cabin, they are all apparently dying of consumption and seemingly indifferent to their condition. Among them are Gusev, a mild, racist, slightly dim man, and the mysterious Pavel Ivanovich, an ardent "protester" who often goes on diatribes (many of which Gusev either misunderstands or ignores) about his lifelong commitment to telling people "the truth to their faces".
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Gusev
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 34 mins
- Release date: 14-03-24
- Language: English
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A Lady's Story
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 11 mins
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Natalya was once a happy and radiant young woman. Now an older woman, she reflects about her youth. In particular, she thinks about the heavy emphasis she put on her wealth and the relationships and experiences that it cost her. One man, Pyotr, loved her, but they both let their different statuses in society prevent their love from having a chance. After years of unhappiness and regret, Pyotr comes to visit Natalya.
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A Lady's Story
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 11 mins
- Release date: 13-03-24
- Language: English
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The First-Class Passenger
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 17 mins
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Anton Chekhov was a Russian writer who wrote short stories and plays. His short stories are still read by many people around the world. The short story, The First Class Passenger by Anton Chekov, was first published in 1886 and reflects the social background of the Russian society of that time.
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The First-Class Passenger
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 17 mins
- Release date: 13-03-24
- Language: English
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The Darling
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 30 mins
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The Darling is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov, first published in the No.1, 1899, issue of Semya (Family) magazine, on January 3, in Moscow. Later, Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks. The story follows the life of a woman who is referred to by others as "darling" for her generosity and submissive nature.
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The Darling
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 30 mins
- Release date: 13-03-24
- Language: English
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A Conversation of a Drunk with a Sober Imp by Chekhov
- The Greatest Short Stories of All Time
- By: Anton Chekhov, Elena Nikitina - translator
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 6 mins
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"A Conversation of a Drunk with a Sober Imp" is a short story by the Russian writer and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904). Written and first published in 1886, the story is a miniature describing the meeting of a retired collegiate secretary Lakhmatov, who was pretty drunk, with the imp who suddenly appeared at night. The uninvited guest turned out to be a talkative creature who experienced the same infringements and inconveniences in his service as the retired collegiate secretary Lakhmatov.
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A Conversation of a Drunk with a Sober Imp by Chekhov
- The Greatest Short Stories of All Time
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 6 mins
- Release date: 19-08-22
- Language: English
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Sleepy by A. Chekhov
- The Greatest Epic Short Stories of All Time
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 16 mins
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Thirteen-year-old Varka, who lost her father, is hired as a servant and a babysitter in a shoemaker's house. All day long, she is forced to fulfill the owners’ orders, and later, she sits all night long by the cradle, trying desperately not to fall asleep. Varka knows that she would be severely beaten for that by her masters….
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Sleepy by A. Chekhov
- The Greatest Epic Short Stories of All Time
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 16 mins
- Release date: 19-08-22
- Language: English
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The Greatest Short Stories of All Time
- Life in Questions and Exclamations: New Translation
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 12 mins
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"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.
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The Greatest Short Stories of All Time
- Life in Questions and Exclamations: New Translation
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 18-08-22
- Language: English
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Kashtanka - Anton Chekhov
- By: Anton Chekhov
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"Kashtanka," a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its eponymous heroine, a fox-faced, reddish dachshund-mix, whose name means 'little chestnut.' After her detestation of music causes her to become separated from the carpenter with whose family she had been living, Kashtanka finds herself taken up by an unusual vaudevillian and goes to live among an assortment of other intelligent animals, each of whom is observed with the characteristic empathy and humor that stamp Chekhov's work.View our full collection of podcasts ...
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Stories of Anton Chekhov: New Translation
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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This book includes: "Rothschild's Violin", "The Man in a Case", "A Conversation of a Drunk with a Sober Imp", "Life in Questions and Exclamations".
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Stories of Anton Chekhov: New Translation
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 28-11-22
- Language: English
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Two Tales from Anton Chekhov
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Steven Gaines, Lon Millstein
- Length: 29 mins
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (January 29, 1860 - July 15, 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who, though a doctor by profession, is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high-esteem by writers and critics. The following recording includes the short stories "The Trousseau" and "Champagne (A Wayfarer's Story)."
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Two Tales from Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Steven Gaines, Lon Millstein
- Length: 29 mins
- Release date: 09-10-23
- Language: English
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Rothschild's Violin
- New Translation
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 30 mins
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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.
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Rothschild's Violin
- New Translation
- Narrated by: Elena Nikitina
- Length: 30 mins
- Release date: 07-11-22
- Language: English
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The Kiss
- A Short Story Trilogy
- By: Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin, Guy de Maupassant
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant, Kate Chopin. These three names thrill the literary world as well as our own. They have gravitas, they have knowledge, experience and they have the literary style and panache to seduce our imagined world. Each has written a short story on pleasured lips placed on another’s flesh. For Chekhov it was a kiss in a darkened room that happened by mistake. Who was she? For Chopin it was a kiss that almost derailed a hoped-for marriage proposal. Why did he do that? For de Maupassant it was a niece seeking advice from her Aunt on when to kiss and whom. And did she?
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The Kiss
- A Short Story Trilogy
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 04-05-23
- Language: English
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