The Party and Other Stories
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Erscheinungsdatum
28.08.2025
Verlag
Bibliotech PrSeitenzahl
132
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22,9/15,2/0,8 cm
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226 g
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Englisch
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9798897732326
"The Party and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, one of Russia's most renowned writers and a master of the short story form. Chekhov's work is known for its psychological depth, nuanced characters, and realistic depictions of Russian society. "The Party" is a short story that explores the emotional undercurrents of a seemingly joyful occasion - a celebration - and focuses on the isolation and inner world of its central character, Nadeyevna (also known as Olga), a young woman married into a wealthy household. The story is set during a party at a country estate, thrown by the husband, Yuri Mihailovich, and his mother. While the event is meant to be festive, with music, dancing, and laughter, Olga feels deeply lonely and out of place. She has recently suffered the loss of a child - her baby daughter died - and this grief is ignored or trivialized by those around her, including her husband and mother-in-law. The other guests engage in superficial conversation, unaware (or unwilling to acknowledge) the emotional weight carried by Olga. The disconnect between the cheerful environment and her internal sorrow highlights Chekhov's core theme: the isolation of the individual, even when surrounded by others. As the party unfolds, Olga grows more silent and introspective, feeling invisible, her pain unrecognized. Her husband's shallow behavior and the artificial nature of the event leave her feeling detached from the world around her. The Party and Other Stories include the following well-known Chekhov stories: The Party Terror A Woman's Kingdom A Problem The Kiss 'Anna on the Neck' The Teacher of Literature Not Wanted Typhus A Misfortune A Trifle from Life About the Author Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 - 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress." Chekhov renounced the theatre after the reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a 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." The plays that Chekhov wrote were not complex, and created a somewhat haunting atmosphere for the audience. Chekhov began writing stories to earn money, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations that influenced the evolution of the modern short story. 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. (wikipedia.org)
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