Man in the Case, Anton Chekhov
Man in the Case, Anton Chekhov
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Man in the Case

Author: Anton Chekhov

Narrator: Dave Courvoisier

Unabridged: 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 06/18/2013

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

As two friends are sharing stories together, the story of the man in the box comes up. The man in the box, Byelikov, was an eccentric professor that often made his coworkers feel uneasy. One day, Byelikov finds himself enamored with the sister of a new teacher at the school, Kovalenko. The prospect of a relationship between Byelikov and the sister, Varinka, excited his colleagues as they thought it might help to make him more normal and approachable. However, when someone takes it upon himself to draw a humorous caricature of the couple, things fall apart. When Byelikov's concern over the picture is not taken seriously, he retreats further into himself and the reader discovers what makes him the man in the box.
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian writer and playwright, considered by many to be one of the best writers of short stories in the history of literature. Chekhov was also a successful physician, but writing was his true passion. He was quoted as saying "Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress."

About Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian short story writer, playwright, and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short story writers in the history of world literature. His career as a dramatist produced four classics-The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard-and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics alike. Initially, Chekhov wrote stories solely for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations that have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. Chekhov published over a hundred short stories, including "The Duel," "In Exile," "On Official Business," "The Bishop," and "The Cobbler and the Devil."


Reviews

عن الرجال المعلبين. كل حياتهم بنظام و رتابه كأنهم يسيرون على قضبان و لا يريدون لأى كان الا أن يحذ حذوهم قال عنهم صلاح جاهينولدي إليك بدل البالون ميت بالــــــون انفخ وطرقع فيه علي كل لـــــــــــون عساك تشوف بعينك مصيرالرجــــــال المنفوخين في السترة و البنطلـــــون عجبي !!!حياتهم كفقاعة تكبر مع الأيام و......more

- أعتقد كان يجب تسميتها "الإنسان المعلب" لتكون اشمل وأدق.. - العلبة (او الإطار) هي شيئ طبيعي في الحياة الإنسانية لأنها عادة ما تكون اساليب دفاعية للشخص تجاه مجتمعه او ما يجهله... لكن خطورة هذا الصندوق تكمن عندما يصبح الفضاء الأوسع للشخص، فينغلق بذلك على نفسه داخله ولا يعود يعنيه ما يجري بخارجه، بل يخ......more

Goodreads review by Mutasim

"....and isn't our living in town, airless and crowded, our writing useless papers, our playing vint -- isn't that all a sort of case for us? And our spending our whole lives among trivial, fussy men and silly, idle women, our talking and our listening to all sorts of nonsense -- isn't that a case f......more

Goodreads review by KSS

حكا لى صديقى اليوم -سبحان الله- فى نفس يوم قراءتى لهذ القصة، حكا لى عن مهندس صديقه فى أحد المواقع كان مديره فى العمل يتعمد أن يوبخه ويحمله الكثير من أعباء العمل فإذ بالشاب المهندس فى يوم يسقط مغشياً عليه ويدخل المستشفى ثم يعود بعدها بأيام للموقع وقد اختل نفسياً بشكل كبير وأصبح ينفرد بنفسه كثيراً ويت......more

Goodreads review by Issa

الرجل المعلب رجل يعيش في شرنقة من الممنوعات المقدسة، اما المباح والمسموح فهو موضع شك لديه. فلربما يحدث شيء ما. ويصل الى المسؤولين . معلب بأفكاره التي يعيش معها في علبة لا يخرج منها ولا يريد ان يخرج منها. يتوسع تشيخوف حتى يجعلنا جميعا اننا نعيش في علبة. علبة الروتين التي لا نغادرها ونفس الاعمال التي نقوم......more