ANTON CHEKHOV — SELECTED SHORT STORIES

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) shares insightful moments in the everyday lives of 19th Century Russians. With great economy, Chekhov's short stories reveal the depths of human joy, confusion, dissatisfaction, and sorrow. His tales elicit a deep sympathy for all people, wherever they may be, in Russia more than a hundred years ago or anywhere in the world today. Translations by Constance Garnett, Marian Fell, and others. These public performances and studio recordings are offered as both public domain and copyright recordings, as created for LibriVox.org, Cloud Mountain Productions, and other venues. Public domain, copyright, and other designations are clearly indicate on or within the recordings themselves.

  CHEKHOV STORIES — Read by Alan Davis Drake

00:08:45 — • After the Theatre
00:06:29 — • The Album
00:13:35 — • The Avenger ©
00:11:48 — • Bad Weather ©
00:13:30 — • The Bird Market
00:16:25 — • The Boys ©
00:09:20 — • The Chamelon ©
00:15:05 — • The Chemist's Wife
00:15:31 — • The Chorus Girl ©
00:08:00 — • A Classical Student ©
00:05:35 — • A Country Cottage ©
00:16:51 — • A Day in the Country ©
00:07:24 — • The Death of a Government Clerk ©
00:19:25 — • Difficult People ©
00:07:42 — • An Enigmatic Nature
00:05:44 — • Fat and Thin
00:09:20 — • A Father ©
00:10:01 — • A Gentleman Friend ©
00:14:50 — • The Head Gardener's Story
00:09:33 — • A Horsey Name ©
00:13:15 — • The Huntsman ©
00:08:50 — • Hush! ©
00:06:25 — • In an Hotel ©
00:06:25 — • An Inquiry ©
00:07:23 — • In the Graveyard
00:13:35 — • In Passion Week ©
00:12:00 — • A Joke
00:09:20 — • Joy ©
00:44:34 — • The Lady with the Toy Dog ©
00:12:07 — • The Lion and the Sun ©
00:13:20 — • The Lottery Ticket ©
00:18:17 — • Love
00:16:34 — • Misery
00:07:00 — • A Naughty Boy ©
00:19:25 — • The Old House - A Story Told by a Housekeeper ©
00:10:33 — • Oysters
00:16:51 — • Panic Fears
00:09:50 — • A Pink Stocking ©
00:20:30 — • A Problem
00:09:50 — • Rothschild's Fiddle ©
00:20:30 — • The Slanderer ©
00:11:09 — • A Story Without a Title
00:12:11 — • The Student
00:10:54 — • The Tragic Actor ©
00:10:01 — • A Tripping Tongue ©
00:20:30 — • The Slanderer ©
00:08:22 — • The Tutor
00:23:46 — • Two Beautiful Girls ©
00:21:20 — • Typhus ©
00:19:25 — • An Upheavel ©
00:11:31 — • Vanka ©
00:15:51 — • Whitebrow (Patch) ©
00:12:52 — • Who Was She? ©
00:10:14 — • Who Was To Blame ©
00:10:09 — • A Work of Art ©

17:39 — • Letters to His Brother and to Madame M. V. Kisselyov

Five Chekhov stories explore love and the loss of love
01:01:41 — • After the Theatre • An Enigmatic Nature • A Joke • Love • Misery