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Kiri õpetatud naabrile
Rõõm
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Tossike
Mõistatuslik iseloom
Ametniku surm
Paks ja peenike
Kameeleon
Hobuse nimi
Roimar
Unter Prišibejev
Hingevaev
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Magada tahaks
Palat nr. 6
Rothschildi viiul
Maja ärklitoaga
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Inimene vutlaris
Karusmarjad
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Daam koerakesega
Pruut

464 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

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Anton Chekhov

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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

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157 reviews2 followers
December 2, 2024
“magada tahaks”
relatable ja huvitav. eriti meeldis lõpp. väga sobis praegusesse lucianädalasse.

“rõõm”
all publicity is good publicity🤷‍♀️

“kameeleon”
misleading pealkiri, siin polnud ühtegi kameeleoni

“ametniku surm”
kas selle lesson on see, et kui sa oled hea inimene, siis sa sured ära?

“tossike”
lapsehoidja oli lihtsalt tüdruk, mis ta tegema oleks pidanud

“paks ja peenike”
üks oli tõepoolest paks ja teine tõepoolest peenike
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25 reviews1 follower
December 20, 2025
toredad väikesed novellikesed. ps! mul jäid osad lugemata, lugesin kooli jaoks
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February 23, 2024
kooli kohustuslik. Uldiselt oli isegi huvitav aga palat nr6 oli veits liiga pikk. Lugema pidi 3 novelli lõpuks😅
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130 reviews40 followers
January 6, 2017
"Palar nr. 6"

Ehk on natuke ebaõiglane hinnata tervet raamatut ühe jutu järgi, aga kunagi on mul kindlasti plaanis ka ülejäänud ette võtta.

"Palat nr. 6" jutustab trööstitust linnakesest kusagil pärapõrgus, 200 versta raudteest eemal. Elu kulgeb seal olematus tempos ja melust pole juttugi. Küll aga ei ole põnevusest puudu kohalikus hullumajas, palatis nr. 6.

Haiglat juhib Andrei Jefimõtš, kes vabast ajast meelsasti filosofeerib. Oma mõtisklustes ülistab ta sageli kannatusi ja nende vajalikkust. Ilmselgelt on ta tugevalt mõjutatud stoikutest ja nende õpetusest. Seneca oleks uhke. Lisaks kumbab tema mõtetest tihti läbi ka õrn morbiidsus, mõtted sellest, kuidas kõik elav läheb kunagi põrmu teed. Jällegi esineb ühiseid jooni stoikutega.

Palatis nr. 6 kohtub ta aga Ivan Dimitritšiga, kes esindab teistsugust koolkonda. Kannatustest puretud mees eelistab rohkem Nietzsche ja Schopenhaueri vaateid ja kaldub nihilismi poole. Koos nad vaidlevad, aga kumbki meelt ei muuda.

Kuid ühel hetkel hakkab ka Andrei elu hammasrataste vahele jääma ja peab tõdema, et kõik polegi niivõrd mõtlemises kinni. Tegemist on suurepärase allegoorilise teosega, mis heidab kinda Lõunamere äärsetele mõtteviisidele ja seab kahtluse alla "vene vedelvorstide" filosoofia.

Ühel hetkel lõpetab Andrei Ivani voodikaaslasena ja üles kerkib küsimus, et kas äkki on hullumaja ainuke mõistlik koht maailmas. Äkki on hullud kõik ülejäänud, kes kaitsevad ennast enamusena ainsate mõistuslike olendite eest, lukustades nad nelja seina vahele. Michel Foucault "Hullus ja arutus" oleks huvitav jätk sellele loole hullumeelsuse käsitlemisest.

Huvitav oleks teada ka Gunnar Aarma arvamust sellel teemal, kuna ühest küljest väitis ta, et inimene areneb vaid läbi kannatuste, aga oli samas veendunud, et kõiki probleeme saab lahendada mõistuse abil ja et 90% (vms) inimese heaolust sõltub tema mõtlemisest. MVK - mine võta kinni.

[lugesin ka ülejäänud kogu läbi ja hindeks jäi ikka viis]
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633 reviews25 followers
July 2, 2016
Igasuvine Käsmu-lugemine.

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Endiselt hea ka sel suvel, mõni lugu oleks nagu juba peas, aga mõnes see-eest hoopis uusi asju.
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8 reviews
October 15, 2015
"Inimene vutlaris", "Palat nr 6", "Daam koerakesega", "Jonõts"
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