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As the Century draws to a close it shows no sign of its literary talents diminishing. Authors stride into stories with a confidence and knowledge that now speak of a gilded age. We are challenged on many levels but always, always the story delivers a literary triumph.

A selection of stories about love and romance from the best storytellers of the world including Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Turgenev trying to express love in all its forms. This volume opens with iconic Romeo and Juliet's tragic love story dating back to antiquity, followed by very passionate and quite unusual love between a doctor and his patient in 'The District Doctor' by Ivan Turgenev. And last, but not least, a story from the master of human relationship and psychology, Anton Chekhov and his story of 'The Man in a Case'. Read in English, unabridged.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian playwright, writer, and doctor. Known best for his plays, he had also written a great multitude of short stories for and about people of all ages and all walks of life. Life as It Happens is a selection of just such stories and novellas. From sad to ridiculous, to dramatic, to funny, by way of tragic or bittersweet - there is something here for everyone.

Before you is a timeless classic that will never cease to warm your heart and fill the long winter evenings with anticipated wonders and merry celebrations. This collection of Christmas stories by famous authors is the best gift for the holidays. These festive stories range from touching and magical to funny and sad. They include the best classic works of literature; whose themes involve the nativity and the magic of Christmas. Prepare yourself to experience true holiday magic and create new Christmas traditions as you read through these classics year after year.

In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit.

A prosecuting attorney faces his most formidable opponent: his precocious seven-year-old son. Chekhov's warm and insightful short story is a meditation on fatherhood and the difficulties of being a single parent.

Semyon and a young man, along with three other ferrymen, live out their days on a desolate riverbank in Siberia, after being exiled from their countries for various crimes. Their environment is freezing cold and barren, providing nothing about which to be happy. However, Semyon seems content with his life, arguing that if he wants nothing he will never be disappointed.

When Dr. Watson returns to London from a weekend seminar, he finds hat Sherlock Holmes has been arrested. Inspector Lestrade refers Watson to a questionable psychiatric hospital where Holmes is jailed for mental incapacity.

This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection.

"Cuando salió de su casa, el viajero a través del tiempo desconocía su condición; aún faltaban unas horas para que fuera consciente de esa imposible certeza." Imagina que pudieras saltar hacia atrás en el tiempo y volver al punto en el que has tomado cualquier decisión de tu vida. ¿Tratarías de recuperar un amor perdido? ¿Usarías tu poder para hacerte rico? ¿Intentarías mejorar el mundo? Víctor Piñol, un tipo solitario marcado por un trauma adolescente, verá cómo su anodina vida de redactor en los informativos de un canal de televisión se convierte en una trepidante odisea el día de su treinta y cinco cumpleaños.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is considered a very "real life" writer, his feet solidly on the ground at all times. The Black Monk is his foray into madness and mysticism to rival the likes of Dostoyevsky, Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Kuprin.

Curie y la radiactividad presenta una brillante instantánea de la vida y la obra de Marie Curie y ofrece una explicación clara y accesible del significado e importancia del descubrimiento de la radioactividad y de las implicaciones que ello tendría para la vida en el siglo XX y el futuro.

Late one evening, tragedy strikes when the town doctor, Kirilov, is unable to save his dying son from diphtheria. As he and his wife mourn their only son's death, a stranger, Abogin, arrives at the doctor’s home, begging him to come save his dying wife. The doctor, who is still shocked from his son's death of five minutes ago, declines Abogin's pleas. However, Abogin refuses to give up, trying desperately to save his wife.

Anton Tchekhov (1860 - 1904) é leitura obrigatória não só para quem está ligado ao teatro ou à literatura mas para quem se interessa em observar o ser humano. Às vezes, muito divertido, às vezes, dramático, Tchekhov tece sua prosa com todos os fios da alma humana. Nela cabem toda a grandeza e toda a mesquinhez inerentes ao ser humano.

Anton Chekhov belongs to the cohort of the most prominent Russian classics, together with Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev and Pushkin. The rankings of the most read authors, comprising the 'golden fund' of the world's literature, persistently include Chekhov alongside Charles Dickens, the Bronte Sisters, Mark Twain... Chekhov's plays, such as Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, and the short stories of this collection, are featured in the curriculum of faculties of philology of top global universities, such as University of Oxford, Harvard University and many more.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.

The Made in Sweden podcast is the true story behind the novel The Father by Anton Svensson. This is an unforgettable, thrilling real-life story of how three brothers grew up to become Sweden’s most wanted criminals, as told by fourth brother Stefan Thunberg and crime journalist-turned-author Anders Roslund. There are 6 episodes released every Friday for 6 weeks. The Father is available to buy from iTunes as an ebook and digital audiobook. The hardback is available from all good bookstores. For details, go to www.thecrimevault.com/ebooks/made-in-sweden-the-father Hosted on Acast. See ...

"On enterrait un beau matin l'assesseur de collège Kirille Ivanovitch Vavilonov, mort de deux maladies fort répandues en notre pays : une méchante femme et l'alcoolisme." "L'Orateur" est une nouvelle humoristique d'Anton Tchekhov publiée pour la première fois en 1886 dans la revue Les Éclats. C'est l'enterrement de Vavilonov, et en dernière minute, on demande à Zapoïkine de tenir un discours. Il arrive et se lance, mais rapidement on se demande pourquoi il fait l'éloge de Prokofi au lieu de Vavilonov.

Sbornik radiopostanovok po rasskazam Antona Chekhova. V sbornik vhodyat rasskazy: O drame (ispolnyaet Vyacheslav Nevinnyy), Tragik (ispolnyaet Nevinnyy), Komik (ispolnyaet Vyacheslav Nevinnyy), Kontrabas i fleyta (ispolnyaet Vsevolod Larionov), Mest' (ispolnyaet Aleksey Gribov), Nervy (ispolnyaet Nikolay Gritsenko), Razgovor cheloveka s sobakoy (ispolnyaet Vsevolod Larionov), Brak po raschetu (ispolnyaet Sergey Yurskiy), Moya ona (ispolnyaet Oleg YAnkovskiy).

Izdanie soderzhit povesti i rasskazy velikogo russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chehova, napisannye 1887-1891 gg. Sbornik nazvan po odnomu iz samyh neodnoznachno vosprinjatyh rossijskim obshhestvom rasskazu "Vory".