: Anton Chekhov
: The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
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This collection includes: THE CHORUS GIRL, VEROTCHKA, MY LIFE, AT A COUNTRY HOUSE, A FATHER, ON THE ROAD, ROTHSCHILD'S FIDDLE, IVAN MATVEYITCH, ZINOTCHKA, BAD WEATHER, A GENTLEMAN FRIEND, and A TRIVIAL INCIDENT. According to Wikipedia: 'Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 - 1904) was a Russian short-story writer, playwright and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in world literature. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics Chekhov practised as a doctor throughout most of his literary career: 'Medicine is my lawful wife,' he once said, 'and literature is my mistress.' Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896; but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Uncle Vanya and premiered Chekhov's last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a special challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a 'theatre of mood' and a 'submerged life in the text.' Chekhov had at first written stories only for the money, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which 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.'

THE CHORUS GIRL AND OTHER STORIES BY ANTON CHEKHOV


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Chekhov story collections:

  • The Bishop and Other Stories
  • The Chorus Girl and Other StoriesThe Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
  • The Darling and Other Stories
  • The Duel and Other Stories
  • The Horse Stealers and Other Stories
  • The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
  • Love and Other Stories
  • The Party and Other Stories
  • The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
  • The Schoolmistress and Other Stories
  • The Wife and Other Stories
  • The Witch and Other Stories
  • The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories

 

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Translated by CONSTANCE GARNETT

 

 THE TALES OF CHEKHOV

 

VOLUME 8

 

 

 

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THE CHORUS GIRL

VEROTCHKA

MY LIFE

AT A COUNTRY HOUSE

A FATHER

ON THE ROAD

ROTHSCHILD'S FIDDLE

IVAN MATVEYITCH

ZINOTCHKA

BAD WEATHER

A GENTLEMAN FRIEND

A TRIVIAL INCIDENT

 

 

 

THE CHORUS GIRL


 

ONE day when she was younger and better-looking, and when her voice was stronger, Nikolay Petrovitch Kolpakov, her adorer, was sitting in the outer room in her summer villa. It was intolerably hot and stifling. Kolpakov, who had just dined and drunk a whole bottle of inferior port, felt ill-humoured and out of sorts. Both were bored and waiting for the heat of the day to be over in order to go for a walk.

 

All at once there was a sudden ring at the door. Kolpakov, who was sitting with his coat off, in his slippers, jumped up and looked inquiringly at Pasha.

 

"It must be the postman or one of the girls," said the singer.

 

Kolpakov did not mind being found by the postman or Pasha's lady friends, but by