Anton Chekhov

Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Wilks, Ronald

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

These stories from the middle period of Chekhov's career show him exploring complex, ambiguous and often extreme emotions. Influenced by his own experiences as a doctor, 'Ward No. 6', set in a mental hospital, is a savage indictment of the medical profession. 'The Black Monk', portraying an academic who has strange hallucinations, explores ideas of genius and insanity; in 'Murder', religious fervour leads to violence; while in 'The Student', Chekhov's favourite story, a young man recounts a tale from the gospels and undergoes a spiritual epiphany. In all the stories collected here, Chekhov's characters face madness, alienation and frustration before they experience brief, ephemeral moments of insight, often earned at great cost, where they confront the reality of their existence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780141906874
• Artikelnr.: 38126918

Autorenporträt

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician and writer of short stories and plays, including the masterpieces 'Uncle Vanya', 'The Seagull', and 'The Cherry Orchard'. Ronald Wilks has translated many Russian works including, for Penguin, those of Gorky, Sologub, Tolstoy, Pushkin, and Chekhov. J. Douglas Clayton is Professor of Russian at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of 'Pierrot in Petrograd' about the Commedia dell'arte and the Russian tradition.

Inhaltsangabe

Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895Introduction
Further Reading
Chronology
Note on Text
Patronymics
The Grasshopper
Ward No. 6
Ariadna
The Black Monk
Murder
A Woman's Kingdom
The Two Volodyas
Three Years
The Student
Publishing History and Notes