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Anton Chekhov

Born

in Taganrog, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire

January 29, 1860

Died

July 15, 1904

Genre

Classics, Fiction, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Gogol, Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Honoré de Bal ...more

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Antón Chéjov (Spanish)

Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.

Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.

"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek ...more

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	The Cherry Orchard 3.69 avg rating — 46,208 ratings — published 1903 — 411 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seagull 3.91 avg rating — 38,996 ratings — published 1895 — 359 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) 4.37 avg rating — 32,222 ratings — published 1903 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncle Vanya 3.86 avg rating — 31,853 ratings — published 1897 — 186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three Sisters 3.71 avg rating — 24,721 ratings — published 1900 — 517 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Altıncı Koğuş 4.22 avg rating — 18,631 ratings — published 1892 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Short Novels by Anton Chekhov, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) 4.47 avg rating — 11,928 ratings — published 1896 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 by Anton Chekhov, Ronald Wilks (Editor), Paul Debreczeny (Introduction) 4.10 avg rating — 11,365 ratings — published 1899 — 599 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady with the Little Dog 3.70 avg rating — 11,381 ratings — published 1888 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ward No. 6 and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, Constance Garnett (Translator), David Plante (Introduction) 4.37 avg rating — 8,196 ratings — published 1892 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tales of Chekhov (14 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 3,526 ratings

Cuentos completos (4 vols) (4 books)
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4.15 avg rating — 3,246 ratings

‫مجموعۀ آثار چخوف (10 books)
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سروژ استپانیان (Translator)

4.19 avg rating — 789 ratings

Contos de Tchékhov - Relógio d'Água (10 books)
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