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La Tristeza Y Otros Cuentos
Se presenta en esta edición una muestra representable de la narrativa breve de Antón Chéjov, de cuyo nacimiento se cumplen los 150 años.
Como escribe en su prólogo Miguel Ángel Muñoz, «Chéjov fue siempre consciente de que el ser humano es más que una máquina biológica y conocía la sencillez con que el cuerpo se corrompe. A ello oponía la posibilidad de un sentimiento digno, de una capacidad innata del ser humano para superarse, a pesar de los problemas, en pos de esa nobleza que debería ser lo corriente».
La influencia de los cuentos de Chéjov en la literatura europea ha sido enorme. Aquí, un puñado de motivos, tantos como relatos, que lo explican.
Como escribe en su prólogo Miguel Ángel Muñoz, «Chéjov fue siempre consciente de que el ser humano es más que una máquina biológica y conocía la sencillez con que el cuerpo se corrompe. A ello oponía la posibilidad de un sentimiento digno, de una capacidad innata del ser humano para superarse, a pesar de los problemas, en pos de esa nobleza que debería ser lo corriente».
La influencia de los cuentos de Chéjov en la literatura europea ha sido enorme. Aquí, un puñado de motivos, tantos como relatos, que lo explican.
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First published January 1, 2010
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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 boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
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 boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
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March 16, 2017
Un cuentobello y triste que invita a reflexionar sobre la soledad, incomprensión y egoísmo:
- Aquí tienes agua...he perdido a mi hijo...lo sabías?...la semana pasada, en el hospital...que desgracia!
Pero sus palabras no han producido efecto alguno. El cochero no le ha hecho caso, se ha vuelto a acostar, se ha tapado la cabeza con la colcha y momentos después se le oye roncar"
- Aquí tienes agua...he perdido a mi hijo...lo sabías?...la semana pasada, en el hospital...que desgracia!
Pero sus palabras no han producido efecto alguno. El cochero no le ha hecho caso, se ha vuelto a acostar, se ha tapado la cabeza con la colcha y momentos después se le oye roncar"
August 2, 2022
Una reflexión muy profunda sobre la soledad , la soberbia y la necesidad del ser humano de ser escuchado y comprendido, muchas veces los animales nos escuchan más que los humanos.
February 17, 2021
Este cuento es muy importante, porque te invita a reflexionar sobre lo necesario que es el desahogo, no hace falta que sea a personas, puede ser a nuestro animal de compañía. Lo importante es sacarlo de nuestro corazón y de nuestra cabeza, comunicarlo, ya sea escrito o hablado, es muy importante comunicar nuestros sentimientos.
Lo único que quería Yona era ser escuchado mientras cuenta lo que le ha afectado la reciente muerte de su hijo y en cuanto lo consigue se siente más liberado.
3/5
Lo único que quería Yona era ser escuchado mientras cuenta lo que le ha afectado la reciente muerte de su hijo y en cuanto lo consigue se siente más liberado.
3/5
September 15, 2018
El cuento de la tristeza es un reflejo de la soledad y la necesidad del ser humano de sentirse acompañado en sus momentos dificiles y a su vez muestra la indiferencia de la sociedad frente a los demas.
sus demas cuentos tambien son buenos , pero mi favorito fue la tristeza y el asesinato ya que muestran diversas caras de la humanidad y la forma de ver afrontar las circustancias del hombre.
sus demas cuentos tambien son buenos , pero mi favorito fue la tristeza y el asesinato ya que muestran diversas caras de la humanidad y la forma de ver afrontar las circustancias del hombre.
March 30, 2025
Creo que nunca había visto mi propia tristeza reflejada en una texto como ahora... muy doloroso, pero muy exacto. muy buen escritor, con pocas palabras logra mostrar en definitiva todo lo que ocurre con muy poco y todo lo que se siente.
July 24, 2020
Es el primer cuento que conozco del autor.
Es increíble, trasmite las emociones de una forma muy dura. Habla de la falta de empatía con la que vivimos.
Es un cuento de 1885, pero que podría sin duda haber sido escrito hoy.
Es increíble, trasmite las emociones de una forma muy dura. Habla de la falta de empatía con la que vivimos.
Es un cuento de 1885, pero que podría sin duda haber sido escrito hoy.
September 18, 2016
El ser humano y su egoísmo. El ser humano y su necesidad de tener contacto con otros. Muy triste. Real.
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