I have no idea why it took me so long to finish this one. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy it, but something about it turned into a slog for me. (It also happened that I was listening to podcasts when I supposed to be reading, which was a problem.) Anyway, the time it took …
Tag: Russian Literature
The Portable Chekhov (1947), edited and translated by Avrahm Yarmolinksy
This is a pretty great collection of selected short stories from Chekhov, plus two plays (one major, one minor) and a few letters. I am not a man who cares about an author’s letters, so I won’t be discussing those. Chekhov helped set the standard for the short story – you might say he invented …
The Essential Plays (1993) by Anton Chekhov
This is a fine collection of Chekhov’s four most famous plays.
Lady Macbeth and Other Tales (1987 Compilation) by Nikolai Leskov
“The Musk-Ox” is certainly a unique story, but it doesn’t really grab me. “The Sealed Angel” is certainly fascinating, but more as a docudrama then as a story. “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” is probably the strongest story over-all, but I’m not sure how well the allusion holds. “Pamphalon the Entertainer” would be the best story …