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Verzamelde verhalen #2
Verzamelde werken 2 - Verhalen 1886-1887
In dit deel allemaal korte tot zeer korte verhalen, satirische, hilarische, wrange, melancholieke: De jager, In den vreemde, Ouderdom, Leed, Op de rivier, Grisja, In het donker, Een onbeduidend voorval, Kalchas, Een kunstwerk, Het jubileum (niet eerder vertaald), Vanka en nog veel meer.
679 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1954
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About the author
Anton Chekhov
5,890 books9,760 followersDramas, 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 Alfred Dreyfus, his friendship with Suvorin ended
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 Alfred Dreyfus, his friendship with Suvorin ended
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December 26, 2022
De verhalen van Anton Tsjechov (1860-1904) over boeren, kosters, verarmde edelen en andere onfortuinlijken zijn zo kort en snedig, dat ze lezen als uitgeschreven spotprenten. Kerst bleek er de ideale tijd voor. De tweede bundel bevat het werk uit 1885 en 1886. Evenals in
Verzamelde verhalen 1 (1880-1885)
schetst Tsjechov een gure wereld waarin iedereen zijn plaats kent en armoede en grofheid regel zijn.
Tsjechov diept zijn personages niet uit – daarvoor zijn de verhalen veel te kort – maar vergroot in plaats daarvan eigenschappen uit, een methode die ik dit jaar eerder tegenkwam in Thérèse Raquin van Émile Zola. Geloofwaardig is dat lang niet altijd, maar het stelt Tsjechov wel in staat om op het scherp van de snede te schrijven. Favoriet waren onder andere de verhalen over het proces tegen sergeant Prisjibejev, een legalistische militair (Waar staat dat in de wet geschreven, dat het volk vrijheid moet krijgen?) die niet meer kan aarden in de burgersamenleving, en over de koetsier die over de dood van zijn zoon wil praten maar overal op chagrijn stuit.
Door het ongeluk te beschrijven zet Tsjechov de schijnwerpers op al diegenen onderaan de sociale pikorde, in het bijzonder op armen en vrouwen. Mooi is bijvoorbeeld het verhaaltje over Anjoets, die de medicijnenstudenten in haar huis vertroetelt en telkens afgedankt achterblijft. Daarnaast bevat de bundel een paar bijdragen over jonge kinderen, die van inlevingsvermogen getuigen.
Niet alle verhalen maakten indruk. Vaak waren ze te kort om echt te boeien, soms zelfs ronduit saai. Achtereen gelezen blijkt dat de schrijver volgens een stramien werkte, op basis waarvan steevast een man de hoofdrol speelt en diens beroep of maatschappelijke status de context vormt. Op enig moment kende ik dat spelletje wel. Heel af en toe vond ik personages zo karikaturaal, dat ik me afvroeg of de jonge Tsjechov ze wel begrepen had. Ik heb besloten zijn derde bundel tot volgend jaar te bewaren.
Op een prachtige ochtend werd collegeassessor Kirill Ivanovitsj Vavilonov begraven na te zijn overleden aan twee heden ten dage in ons vaderland zo wijdverbreide ziekten: een kwaadaardige echtgenote en drankzucht.
Tsjechov diept zijn personages niet uit – daarvoor zijn de verhalen veel te kort – maar vergroot in plaats daarvan eigenschappen uit, een methode die ik dit jaar eerder tegenkwam in Thérèse Raquin van Émile Zola. Geloofwaardig is dat lang niet altijd, maar het stelt Tsjechov wel in staat om op het scherp van de snede te schrijven. Favoriet waren onder andere de verhalen over het proces tegen sergeant Prisjibejev, een legalistische militair (Waar staat dat in de wet geschreven, dat het volk vrijheid moet krijgen?) die niet meer kan aarden in de burgersamenleving, en over de koetsier die over de dood van zijn zoon wil praten maar overal op chagrijn stuit.
Door het ongeluk te beschrijven zet Tsjechov de schijnwerpers op al diegenen onderaan de sociale pikorde, in het bijzonder op armen en vrouwen. Mooi is bijvoorbeeld het verhaaltje over Anjoets, die de medicijnenstudenten in haar huis vertroetelt en telkens afgedankt achterblijft. Daarnaast bevat de bundel een paar bijdragen over jonge kinderen, die van inlevingsvermogen getuigen.
Niet alle verhalen maakten indruk. Vaak waren ze te kort om echt te boeien, soms zelfs ronduit saai. Achtereen gelezen blijkt dat de schrijver volgens een stramien werkte, op basis waarvan steevast een man de hoofdrol speelt en diens beroep of maatschappelijke status de context vormt. Op enig moment kende ik dat spelletje wel. Heel af en toe vond ik personages zo karikaturaal, dat ik me afvroeg of de jonge Tsjechov ze wel begrepen had. Ik heb besloten zijn derde bundel tot volgend jaar te bewaren.
October 4, 2021
This second volume from the collected works of Anton Chekhov in the fine series "Russian classics" by publisher Van Oorschot collects the stories from the years 1885 and 1886. Of course not every story is equally strong, but still Chekhov succeeds in giving, as in a miniature, a picture of the rich Russian rural and urban life, populated by paupers looking for a few kopecks or women looking for distraction to drive away the boredom in the endless steppe. Young, old, poor or rich, everyone passes in review. They provide a beautiful melancholy image of late nineteenth-century Russian society.
May 22, 2017
3,5/5
Een nogal strenge rating, maar er waren net iets te weinig verhalen bij die mij echt raakten om 4 sterren te geven.
Maar slechte verhalen ben ik niet tegengekomen.
Een nogal strenge rating, maar er waren net iets te weinig verhalen bij die mij echt raakten om 4 sterren te geven.
Maar slechte verhalen ben ik niet tegengekomen.
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