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De mooiste verhalen
Niemand schreef zulke veelzijdige korte (en lange) verhalen als Anton Tsjechov. De veelomvattendheid van zijn werk is imponerend, zijn thematiek klassiek-universeel en de vanzelfsprekendheid van zijn karakterschetsen om nooit te vergeten. Denk alleen al aan klinkende titels als 'De dame met het hondje', 'De jager' of 'Romance met contrabas'.
Gijs Scholten van Aschat koos de mooiste verhalen uit de alom bejubelde Russische Bibliotheekvertaling van Tom Eekman, Aai Prins en Anne Stoffel. Hij bracht Tsjechov terug tot zijn essentie: zijn selectie is zowel een eerste kennismaking voor wie nog niets van Tsjechov heeft gelezen, als een aangenaam weerzien voor de liefhebbers.
Gijs Scholten van Aschat koos de mooiste verhalen uit de alom bejubelde Russische Bibliotheekvertaling van Tom Eekman, Aai Prins en Anne Stoffel. Hij bracht Tsjechov terug tot zijn essentie: zijn selectie is zowel een eerste kennismaking voor wie nog niets van Tsjechov heeft gelezen, als een aangenaam weerzien voor de liefhebbers.
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635 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 26, 2022
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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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July 31, 2024
Vet goed, maar ik ben echt heel slecht in korte verhalen lezen.
January 24, 2023
Helemaal in de wolken ben ik over Tsjechovs verhalen. Van bij de start van elk verhaal had de auteur mijn aandacht: in luttele zinnen slaagt hij erin een welbepaalde sfeer op te roepen of een intrigerend personage voor te stellen. Die personages schildert hij genadeloos met hun gebreken, beter nog, met hun mislukkingen. Ook zijn vertellers (en daarin zit veel afwisseling) hebben dikwijls een eigen karakter en smaakvolle verteltrant. Een constante die de lezer kietelt of zelfs frustreert zijn de open eindes.
Het is nog maar januari, maar ik acht de kans verwaarloosbaar dat ik dit jaar nog beter geschreven verhalen lees.
Het is nog maar januari, maar ik acht de kans verwaarloosbaar dat ik dit jaar nog beter geschreven verhalen lees.
September 16, 2025
Hoe recenseer je een enorme collectie kortverhalen waaruit je gedurende twee jaar af en toe zzn paar verhalen hebt gelezen? Niet echt.
Toch is Tsjechov een ongeëvenaarde meesterverteller. Elk verhaal voelt diep-Russisch, zonder te vervallen in de soms gênante bespiegelingen over “het grote Russische volk” en de “typisch slavische kenmerken” van de Dostojevski’s en de Tolstojs van deze wereld. Tsjechov is universeel omdat hij met chirurgische precisie de mens analyseert. De kleinheid van individuen en de grootsheid van het menszijn in korte verhalen die nergens aan sfeer of kleur moeten inboeten.
Toch is Tsjechov een ongeëvenaarde meesterverteller. Elk verhaal voelt diep-Russisch, zonder te vervallen in de soms gênante bespiegelingen over “het grote Russische volk” en de “typisch slavische kenmerken” van de Dostojevski’s en de Tolstojs van deze wereld. Tsjechov is universeel omdat hij met chirurgische precisie de mens analyseert. De kleinheid van individuen en de grootsheid van het menszijn in korte verhalen die nergens aan sfeer of kleur moeten inboeten.
March 2, 2024
Lezenswaardige verhalen (je wil altijd weten hoe het eindigt), met personages met gebreken (of een foutje aan), realistisch geschreven en zonder oordeel. De verhalen hebben een open einde, zonder conclusie en dus tal van mogelijke interpretaties.
Citaat : “dat welbeschouwd alles in deze wereld eigenlijk prachtig was – alles, behalve wat wijzelf denken en doen, als we de hogere doelen van het bestaan en onze menselijke waardigheid vergeten.”
Citaat : “dat welbeschouwd alles in deze wereld eigenlijk prachtig was – alles, behalve wat wijzelf denken en doen, als we de hogere doelen van het bestaan en onze menselijke waardigheid vergeten.”
January 30, 2023
Meesterlijke vertelkunst, een genot om te lezen.
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