Comments on: Stories by Anton Chekhov

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:04:34 +0000

@Myrthe:

They are great! I hope you enjoy them again.

By: Myrthe

Myrthe — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:36 +0000

I read a collection of Chekhov’s short stories years ago and then some separately over the years. I remember I enjoyed them very much, but that’s as far as my memory goes. I should get hold of his stories again and reread them.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:23:59 +0000

@Care: Ha ha! Yes, I get that impression too about Russian Lit. But these stories are beautiful and I hope people read them for that reason primarily!

By: Care

Care — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:36:14 +0000

your comment “…stories sound depressing, and they were in a sense, but overall, they were beautiful at the same time.” is my impression of a lot of Russian lit.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:32:55 +0000

@SmallWorldReads: I think these were my first experience with Chekhov, and they were very nice. @Lisa: I’m glad you’ve been inspired. @Eva: Wow, that’s great that you know Russian. His language is nice and simple and that gives it a greater power. I haven’t read any of his plays but I want to now. Which is your favorite?

By: Eva

Eva — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:15:37 +0000

I love Chekhov, in large part because he uses such simple language that I can read him in Russian without too much difficulty. I’m always impressed when authors do magical things with a simply style! I also think it’s fascinating that he was such a prolific writer and a doctor. That’s a lot of energy!

Have you read any of his plays? I got to see one of them performed in Moscow, which was pretty awesome.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:29:54 +0000

I haven’t read anything by Chekhov, but I did order the Bloom book and plan to do something similar by reading some of the works while reading Bloom.

By: SmallWorld Reads

SmallWorld Reads — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:02:41 +0000

Thanks for visiting my blog. I haven’t read Chekhov in literally decades, but I loved him in college. I’d love to revisit him…