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Damen med hunden och andra noveller
Anton Tjechov lyckas i korta berättelser fånga det som många kräver en hel bok för att skildra, och det är inte oförtjänt att han betraktas som världshistoriens främsta novellist. Tjechovs noveller som pendlar mellan lättsinnighet och existentiella dilemman tvingar ofta huvudpersonerna att genom olika händelser ompröva sina personliga filosofer och idéer om omvärlden. Utan att presentera något som rätt eller fel sätter Tjechov upp en spegel för läsaren.
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122 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2017
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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
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 17, 2022
Oj så smärtsamt vackert hemskt det är att vara människa.
August 17, 2024
Annorlunda jämfört med Pusjkin. Jag tror att jag föredrar Tjechov.. Utomordentlig läsning för den som reser, troligen inte lika wow i andra sammanhang
3,5/5
3,5/5
June 19, 2019
Novellen ’Vadet’ var fantastiskt bra.
September 17, 2024
Graceful premises and prose, clearly well informed by Checkhovs experiences in theatre.
this particular collection does not always hit though, The lady with the dog in particular does not really leave a lasting impression. Stand out stories are, "The bet", "Story With No End", "Dreams" and "Agafja"
this particular collection does not always hit though, The lady with the dog in particular does not really leave a lasting impression. Stand out stories are, "The bet", "Story With No End", "Dreams" and "Agafja"
May 20, 2024
"För den smärta som tillfogas mig reagerar jag med tårar, för det skändliga med vrede, för det lumpna med förakt. Enligt min mening är det egentligen detta som kallas att leva." s 162
February 14, 2021
I'm just going to write my reflection on one of the several novels, all of which were worthy of a read, and that short-story is called Dreams.
It was nothing but with amazement and melancholy I read that story, it revolves around a prisoner on his way to prison, accompanied by guards he tells the story of how he will transfer to another prison in the east. A prison where all the people were "free", got a plot of land, could build their own house, mend for themselves and, if fortuna wanted, find a wife and have a family.
The guards listened interested to him, apparently taken by this possibility and the writing suggest that they almost were a bit jealous of the prisoner. All guards, except one who laughed in his face and hit him with so much facts and distasteful mockery he almost fell. He continued the travels in silence, with a bowed head and tears glimmering on his dirty cheeks, leaving nothing but a sliver of purity in the prisoners face.
My personal interpretation
It was nothing but with amazement and melancholy I read that story, it revolves around a prisoner on his way to prison, accompanied by guards he tells the story of how he will transfer to another prison in the east. A prison where all the people were "free", got a plot of land, could build their own house, mend for themselves and, if fortuna wanted, find a wife and have a family.
The guards listened interested to him, apparently taken by this possibility and the writing suggest that they almost were a bit jealous of the prisoner. All guards, except one who laughed in his face and hit him with so much facts and distasteful mockery he almost fell. He continued the travels in silence, with a bowed head and tears glimmering on his dirty cheeks, leaving nothing but a sliver of purity in the prisoners face.
My personal interpretation
May 10, 2018
Jag har aldrig läst noveller i någon omfattning men att börja med Tjechov var ju en väldigt bra början!
"Drömmar", "Damen med hunden" och "Vadet" var mina favoriter ur den här samlingen.
Det är fantastiska porträtt av karaktärerna och även fast det är noveller känns de både äkta och levande. Många är väldigt tänkvärda och har flera bottnar än vad man först kan tro.
"Drömmar", "Damen med hunden" och "Vadet" var mina favoriter ur den här samlingen.
Det är fantastiska porträtt av karaktärerna och även fast det är noveller känns de både äkta och levande. Många är väldigt tänkvärda och har flera bottnar än vad man först kan tro.
March 28, 2021
Innehöll följande noveller:
-Damen med hunden
-Baron
-Jägaren
-Bekännelse eller Olja, Sjenja, Soja
-Vadet
-Vitpanna
-Lantligt kasus (Ur en idealists minnen)
-Danspianisten
-Den gamla pilen
-På sommarnöje
-Till Paris!
-En gång om året
-Ond natt (Skiss)
-75 000
-Drömmar
-Hemgiften
-Skräck
-I den heliga påsknatten
-Agafja
-Posten
-Berättelse utan slut
-Damen med hunden
-Baron
-Jägaren
-Bekännelse eller Olja, Sjenja, Soja
-Vadet
-Vitpanna
-Lantligt kasus (Ur en idealists minnen)
-Danspianisten
-Den gamla pilen
-På sommarnöje
-Till Paris!
-En gång om året
-Ond natt (Skiss)
-75 000
-Drömmar
-Hemgiften
-Skräck
-I den heliga påsknatten
-Agafja
-Posten
-Berättelse utan slut
April 29, 2020
Vadet, På sommarnöje och En gång om året var favoriterna men samtliga historier har något att erbjuda. Mycket läsvärt.
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