The Duel and Other Stories

Name: The Duel and Other Stories
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Anton Chekhov
ISBN: 9781452670690

Author: Anton Chekhov

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 6 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/20/2010

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Anton Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and a playwright. His playwriting career produced four classics, while his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics alike. As his writing evolved, Chekhov made formal innovations that have influenced the evolution of the modern short story.

This collection of short stories consists of "The Duel," "Excellent People," "Mire," "Expensive Lessons," "The Princess," and "The Chemist's Wife."

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

Goodreads review by Theresa on August 12, 2012

I enjoyed all of Chekhov's stories in this book but his short story The Duel is the best. Set in the seaside town of Caucasus (interestingly, as I write this, in 2012, one is highly discouraged by the U.S. government from visiting this area, which is a shame, because it is, from Chekhov's descriptio......more

Goodreads review by Stela on June 17, 2015

Le droit à la médiocrité « Lorsque pour un effet déterminé on met en jeu le minimum de gestes, cela s’appelle la grâce. »(Anton Tchekhov) J’avais oublié l’ineffable atmosphère de la littérature russe, avec ses héros à au moins trois noms (sans compter les diminutifs) parmi lesquels tu risques de te p......more

Goodreads review by Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog on November 26, 2018

In a brisk 142 pages we have the 6 short stories in The Duel and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov. Consider that the title story, The Duel is 88 pages and brisk is indeed very fast. The title story is not my favorite. As seems to be the case in short story duels, the cause is hard to consider as worth......more

Goodreads review by Shanmugam on September 21, 2015

I had always wanted to read Chekhov. However, I hate to admit that if not for the tag 'Contemporary Anton Chekhov' on Alice Munro, I wouldn't have started this book yet. All of a sudden, I wanted to read a Munro, then the meticulous me ended up landing here. Halfway into the book, I thought I would p......more

Goodreads review by Richard on August 06, 2008

Some great stories in here, though I'm not convinced yet that Chekhov could pull off a long piece (the title story takes some great directions, but overall doesn't compel). But my main quibble here has to do with some translation choices--some of what was probably colloquial Russian was translated i......more