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丕卮鬲賴乇 鬲卮賷禺賵賮 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱毓乇亘賷 亘賯氐氐賴 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞 亘丕賱兀爻丕爻貙 賱賰賳 賯乇丕亍丞 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賵賮賷賱丕 鬲禺亘乇賳丕 毓賳 丨噩賲 毓亘賯乇賷鬲賴 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賮賳 丕賱丿賯賷賯: "丕賱賳賵賮賷賱丕".
氐丿乇 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 賮賷 毓丕賲 1896貙 兀賷 兀賳賴 賮賷 賮鬲乇丞 賲鬲兀禺乇丞 賲賳 丨賷丕丞 鬲卮賷禺賵賮 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞. 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賮鬲乇丞 賰丕賳鬲 毓賱丕賯鬲賴 賯丿 鬲賵胤丿鬲 亘賱賷賮 鬲賵賱爻鬲賵賷 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賱賴 鬲兀孬賷乇 噩丕乇賮 毓賱賶 賲賳 丨賵賱賴.
丕賱亘胤賱 卮丕亘 賮賷 賲賯鬲亘賱 丕賱毓賲乇 賷賳丨丿乇 賲賳 兀爻乇丞 賳亘賷賱丞貙 孬賲 賷賯乇乇 鬲睾賷賷乇 丕賱賲爻丕乇 賮賷 亘賱丿鬲賴 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞貙 賵賷賵丕噩賴 賯賵賶 丕賱賰匕亘 賵丕賱賳賮丕賯 賮賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賲賳 丨賵賱賴. 賷丐丿賷 鬲睾賷乇 賳賲胤 丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱匕賷 賷賳胤賵賷 毓賱賶 丨丕賱丞 賲孬丕賱賷丞 賲賳 丕賱氐丿賯貙 廿賱賶 賮囟丨 賴匕賴 丕賱賯賵賶 賲賳 丨賵賱賴.

賳賵賮賷賱丕 乇丕卅毓丞.

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First published January 1, 1896

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Anton Chekhov

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Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.

Born ( 袗薪褌芯薪 袩邪胁谢芯胁懈褔 效械褏芯胁 ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.

"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.

In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.

Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular M贸r J贸kai. People also mocked ideological optimism of J贸kai as a politician.

Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.

In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.

The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.

Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against Alfred Dreyfus, his friendship with Suvorin ended

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屑芯褟 卸懈蟹薪褜 = My Life, Anton Chekhov

Renowned as the greatest short story writer ever, Anton Chekhov was also a master of the novella, and perhaps his most overlooked is this gem, My Life the tale of a rebellious young man so disgusted with bourgeois society that he drops out to live amongst the working classes, only to find himself confronted by the morally and mentally deadening effects of provincialism.

My Life
I


THE Superintendent said to me: "I only keep you out of regard for your worthy father; but for that you would have been sent flying long ago." I replied to him: "You flatter me too much, your Excellency, in assuming that I am capable of flying." And then I heard him say: "Take that gentleman away; he gets upon my nerves."

Two days later I was dismissed. And in this way I have, during the years I have been regarded as grown up, lost nine situations, to the great mortification of my father, the architect of our town. I have served in various departments, but all these nine jobs have been as alike as one drop of water is to another: I had to sit, write, listen to rude or stupid observations, and go on doing so till I was dismissed.

When I came in to my father he was sitting buried in a low arm-chair with his eyes closed. His dry, emaciated face, with a shade of dark blue where it was shaved (he looked like an old Catholic organist), expressed meekness and resignation. Without responding to my greeting or opening his eyes, he said:

"If my dear wife and your mother were living, your life would have been a source of continual distress to her. I see the Divine Providence in her premature death. I beg you, unhappy boy," he continued, opening his eyes, "tell me: what am I to do with you?"

In the past when I was younger my friends and relations had known what to do with me: some of them used to advise me to volunteer for the army, others to get a job in a pharmacy, and others in the telegraph department; now that I am over twenty-five, that grey hairs are beginning to show on my temples, and that I have been already in the army, and in a pharmacy, and in the telegraph department, it would seem that all earthly possibilities have been exhausted, and people have given up advising me, and merely sigh or shake their heads.

"What do you think about yourself?" my father went on. "By the time they are your age, young men have a secure social position, while look at you: you are a proletarian, a beggar, a burden on your father!"

And as usual he proceeded to declare that the young people of to-day were on the road to perdition through infidelity, materialism, and self-conceit, and that amateur theatricals ought to be prohibited, because they seduced young people from religion and their duties.

"To-morrow we shall go together, and you shall apologize to the superintendent, and promise him to work conscientiously," he said in conclusion. "You ought not to remain one single day with no regular position in society."

"I beg you to listen to me," I said sullenly, expecting nothing good from this conversation. "What you call a position in society is the privilege of capital and education. Those who have neither wealth nor education earn their daily bread by manual labour, and I see no grounds for my being an exception."

"When you begin talking about manual labour it is always stupid and vulgar!" said my father with irritation. "Understand, you dense fellow -- understand, you addle-pate, that besides coarse physical strength you have the divine spirit, a spark of the holy fire, which distinguishes you in the most striking way from the ass or the reptile, and brings you nearer to the Deity! This fire is the fruit of the efforts of the best of mankind during thousands of years. Your great-grandfather Poloznev, the general, fought at Borodino; your grandfather was a poet, an orator, and a Marshal of Nobility; your uncle is a schoolmaster; and lastly, I, your father, am an architect! All the Poloznevs have guarded the sacred fire for you to put it out!"

"One must be just," I said. " Millions of people put up with manual labour."

"And let them put up with it! They don't know how to do anything else! Anybody, even the most abject fool or criminal, is capable of manual labour; such labour is the distinguishing mark of the slave and the barbarian, while the holy fire is vouchsafed only to a few!"

To continue this conversation was unprofitable. My father worshipped himself, and nothing was convincing to him but what he said himself. Besides, I knew perfectly well that the disdain with which he talked of physical toil was founded not so much on reverence for the sacred fire as on a secret dread that I should become a workman, and should set the whole town talking about me; what was worse, all my contemporaries had long ago taken their degrees and were getting on well, and the son of the manager of the State Bank was already a collegiate assessor, while I, his only son, was nothing! To continue the conversation was unprofitable and unpleasant, but I still sat on and feebly retorted, hoping that I might at last be understood. The whole question, of course, was clear and simple, and only concerned with the means of my earning my living; but the simplicity of it was not seen, and I was talked to in mawkishly rounded phrases of Borodino, of the sacred fire, of my uncle a forgotten poet, who had once written poor and artificial verses; I was rudely called an addlepate and a dense fellow. And how I longed to be understood! In spite of everything, I loved my father and my sister and it had been my habit from childhood to consult them -- a habit so deeply rooted that I doubt whether I could ever have got rid of it; whether I were in the right or the wrong, I was in constant dread of wounding them, constantly afraid that my father's thin neck would turn crimson and that he would have a stroke.

"To sit in a stuffy room," I began, "to copy, to compete with a typewriter, is shameful and humiliating for a man of my age. What can the sacred fire have to do with it?" ...




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賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳: (亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲賳 賵 丿賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇: 乇卅蹖爻 丕丿丕乇賴 亘賴 賲賳 诏賮鬲: 賭 鬲賳賴丕 亘賴 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 倬丿乇鬲丕賳 卮賲丕 乇丕 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕賲貙 丕诏乇賳賴 鬲丕 亘賴 丨丕賱 賴夭丕乇 亘丕乇 亘賴 賴賵丕 倬乇蹖丿賴 亘賵丿蹖丿貨 噩賵丕亘卮 丿丕丿賲: 賭 丌賯丕蹖 乇卅蹖爻貙 丕诏乇 亘賴 卮讴爻鬲賴 賳賮爻蹖 鬲毓亘蹖乇 賳讴賳蹖丿貙 鬲丕 丕賱丕賳 亘丕賵乇 賳賲蹖讴乇丿賲 讴賴 丨賯蹖乇 倬乇賳丿賴 賴賲 亘丕卮賲貨 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 卮賳蹖丿賲 讴賴 诏賮鬲: 賭 丕蹖賳 賲乇丿讴賴 乇丕 亘蹖賳丿丕夭蹖丿 亘蹖乇賵賳貙 丿蹖诏乇 丨賵氐賱賴 丕賲 乇丕 爻乇 亘乇丿貨 賵 亘賴 賮丕氐賱賴 丿賵 乇賵夭 丕禺乇丕噩 卮丿賲貨 亘賴 丕蹖賳 鬲乇鬲蹖亘 丕夭 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿賲 乇丕 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 亘賵丿賲 丿賴 賲乇鬲亘賴 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 卮睾賱 丿丕丿賲 賵 丨丕賱 丌賳讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 倬丿乇賲 讴賴 賲毓賲丕乇 卮賴乇 亘賵丿貙 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕爻賮 丕賳诏蹖夭鬲乇 趩蹖夭蹖 賳賲蹖卮丿貨 丕丿丕乇丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮 乇丕 夭蹖乇 倬丕 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲貙 丕賲丕 賲卮丕睾賱 丿賴 诏丕賳賴 丕蹖 讴賴 毓賴丿賴 丿丕乇 卮丿賴 亘賵丿賲貙 賴賲賴 賲孬賱 賯胤乇賴 賴丕蹖 丌亘 蹖讴爻丕賳 亘賵丿: 賳卮爻鬲賳貙 賳賵卮鬲賳貙 亘賴 賳馗乇蹖丕鬲 丕丨賲賯丕賳賴 賵 亘蹖噩丕 诏賵卮 丿丕丿賳貙 賵 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 乇賵夭 丕禺乇丕噩蹖 乇丕 丿丕卮鬲賳貨 賲賵賯毓蹖 讴賴 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 乇爻蹖丿賲貙 倬丿乇賲 丿乇 氐賳丿賱蹖 丿爻鬲賴 丿丕乇卮 賮乇賵乇賮鬲賴 趩乇鬲 賲蹖夭丿貨 丕夭 賯蹖丕賮賴 亘丕乇蹖讴 賵 禺卮讴卮 讴賴 丿乇 噩丕賴丕蹖 鬲乇丕卮蹖丿賴 亘賴 亘賳賮卮蹖 賲蹖夭丿貙 賲孬賱 丕乇诏 賳賵丕夭賴丕蹖 讴丕鬲賵賱蹖讴蹖 丨賯丕乇鬲 賵 丕胤丕毓鬲 賲蹖亘丕乇蹖丿貨 亘蹖 丌賳讴賴 噩賵丕亘 爻賱丕賲賲 乇丕 亘丿賴丿貙 蹖丕 趩卮賲賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 亘丕夭 讴賳丿貙 诏賮鬲: 賭 丕诏乇 夭賳 毓夭蹖夭賲貙 賲丕丿乇 鬲賵貙 夭賳丿賴 亘賵丿 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賵囟毓 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲賵 丿賯 賲蹖讴乇丿貙 禺丿丕蹖蹖 卮丿 讴賴 丕賵 夭賵丿鬲乇 賲乇丿.貨 丌賳賵賯鬲 趩卮賲賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 亘丕夭 讴乇丿 賵 诏賮鬲: 亘蹖趩丕乇賴貙 亘诏賵 亘亘蹖賳賲 鬲讴賱蹖賮 賲賳 亘丕 鬲賵 趩蹖爻鬲責 爻丕亘賯丕賸貙 賵賯鬲蹖 亘趩賴 鬲乇 亘賵丿賲貙 亘夭乇诏鬲乇賴丕 賵 丌卮賳丕賴丕蹖賲 賲蹖丿丕賳爻鬲賳丿 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 賲賳 趩賴 鬲讴賱蹖賮蹖 丿丕乇賳丿.貨 毓丿賴 丕蹖 賳氐蹖丨鬲賲 賲蹖讴乇丿賳丿 亘乇賵賲 爻乇亘丕夭 丿丕賵胤賱亘 卮賵賲貙 亘毓囟蹖 賴賲 賲蹖诏賮鬲賳丿 亘乇賵 鬲賱诏乇丕賮趩蹖 亘卮賵貨 丕賲丕 丨丕賱丕 讴賴 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 倬賳噩 爻丕賱賴 卮丿賴貙 賵 賲賵賴丕蹖 卮賯蹖賯賴 賴丕蹖賲 噩賵诏賳丿賲蹖 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賵 賲賳丕氐亘 爻乇亘丕夭 丿丕賵胤賱亘貙 丿賵丕爻丕夭貙 賵 鬲賱诏乇丕賮趩蹖 乇丕貙 倬卮鬲 賴賲 胤蹖 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賲貙 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴乇丿賳丿 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 賴乇 讴丕乇蹖 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕 亘賵丿賴 賲賳 讴乇丿賴 丕賲貙 賵 乇賵蹖 賴賲蹖賳 丕氐賱貙 讴爻蹖 賳氐蹖丨鬲賲 賳賲蹖讴乇丿貙 賮賯胤 爻乇卮丕賳 乇丕 亘丕賱丕 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴 倬賵賮 賲蹖讴乇丿賳丿貨 倬丿乇賲 亘丕夭 诏賮鬲: 賭 丌禺乇 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿鬲 趩賴 賮讴乇蹖 丿丕乇蹖責 噩賵丕賳賴丕蹖 賴賲爻賳 鬲賵 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲賱讴 丿丕乇丕蹖 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 卮丿賴 丕賳丿貙 丕賲丕 鬲賵 趩讴丕乇賴 丕蹖責 亘賮乇賲丕: 蹖讴 噩賵丕賳 乇賵夭賲夭丿 诏丿丕貨 丌賳賴賲 爻乇亘丕乇 賲賳! 亘毓丿貙 賲孬賱 賴賲蹖卮賴貙 氐丿丕蹖卮 亘賱賳丿 卮丿貙 讴賴 噩賵丕賳賴丕蹖 丕賲乇賵夭賴 丕夭 亘蹖 丕蹖賲丕賳蹖貙 丕夭 賮賱爻賮賴 噩丿蹖丿貙 賵 丕夭 禺賵丿爻乇蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 賳丕亘賵丿 賲蹖卮賵賳丿貙 亘丕蹖丿 丕蹖賳 丕賳噩賲賳賴丕蹖 鬲卅丕鬲乇蹖 乇丕貙 讴賴 爻亘亘 亘乇诏卮鬲賳 噩賵丕賳賴丕 丕夭 乇丕賴 丿蹖賳 賵 氐賵丕亘 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 亘乇趩蹖丿貨 丌賳賵賯鬲 丕夭 丨乇賮賴丕蹖卮 賳鬲蹖噩賴 诏乇賮鬲: 賭 賮乇丿丕 亘丕 賴賲 倬蹖卮 乇卅蹖爻 丕丿丕乇賴 賲蹖乇賵蹖賲貙 鬲賵 丕夭 丕賵 賲毓匕乇鬲 賲蹖禺賵丕賴蹖 賵 賯賵賱 賲蹖丿賴蹖 讴賴 倬爻 丕夭 丕蹖賳貙 丕夭 乇賵蹖 賵噩丿丕賳貙 禺丿賲鬲鬲 乇丕 丕賳噩丕賲 丿賴蹖.貨 丨鬲蹖 蹖讴 乇賵夭 賳亘丕蹖爻鬲蹖 亘蹖讴丕乇 亘賲丕賳蹖.貨 賲賳 鬲賵蹖 賴賲 乇賮鬲賲貙 亘蹖 丌賳讴賴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 诏賮鬲诏賵 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 禺賵卮蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賲貨 诏賮鬲賲: 賭 禺賵丕賴卮 賲蹖讴賳賲 亘亘蹖賳蹖丿 賲賳 趩賴 賲蹖诏賵蹖賲貨 丌賳 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 卮賲丕 丕爻賲卮 乇丕 賲蹖诏匕丕乇蹖丿 讴丕乇貙 亘爻鬲賴 亘賴 丿丕乇丕蹖蹖 賵 爻賵丕丿 丕爻鬲貨 丕賲丕 賮賯蹖乇 賵 亘蹖趩丕乇賴 賴丕蹖 亘蹖爻賵丕丿貙 亘丕 讴丕乇 亘丿賳蹖 賳丕賳 丿乇賲蹖丌賵乇賳丿貙 賵 丿賱蹖賱蹖 賳丿丕乇丿 讴賴 賲賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇爻賲 噩丿丕 亘丕卮賲.貨 倬丿乇賲 睾囟亘 丌賱賵丿 诏賮鬲: 賭 丕蹖賳讴賴 鬲賵 丕爻賲 讴丕乇 亘丿賳蹖 乇丕 賲蹖亘乇蹖貙 禺賵丿卮 丨賲丕賯鬲 賵 賳賮賴賲蹖 丕爻鬲貨 倬爻乇賴 賳丕丿丕賳 賵 亘蹖賮讴乇貙 亘丿丕賳 讴賴 睾蹖乇 丕夭 讴丕乇 亘丿賳蹖 乇賵丨 丌爻賲丕賳蹖 賵 禺賵賳 賲賯丿爻蹖 丿乇 鬲賵 噩丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賵噩賴 丕賲鬲蹖丕夭 鬲賵貙 丕夭 丕賱丕睾貙 賵 禺夭賳丿賴貙 賴賲丕賳 丕爻鬲貙 賵 賴賲丕賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鬲賵 乇丕 鬲丕 賲賱讴賵鬲 丌爻賲丕賳 亘丕賱丕 賲蹖亘乇丿! 噩丿 亘夭乇诏 鬲賵 芦爻乇鬲蹖倬 倬賵賱賵夭賳賮禄 讴爻蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 丿乇 噩賳诏 芦亘賵乇賵丿蹖 賳賵禄 卮讴爻鬲 禺賵乇丿貙 倬丿乇 亘夭乇诏 鬲賵 卮丕毓乇 賵 爻禺賳賵乇 亘賵丿貙 賱賯亘 丕毓蹖丕賳蹖 賴賲 丿丕卮鬲貨 毓賲賵 噩丕賳鬲 賲乇亘蹖 賵 賲毓賱賲 亘賵丿貨 賵 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 賲賳 賴賲 讴賴 倬丿乇鬲 賴爻鬲賲貙 賲毓賲丕乇賲貨 丌蹖丕 丌鬲卮 賲賯丿爻蹖 乇丕 讴賴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 倬賵賱賵夭賳賮 丿爻鬲 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕賳丿貙 鬲賵 亘丕蹖丿 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 禺丕賲賵卮卮 讴賳蹖責 亘賴 丕賵 诏賮鬲賲: 賭 丕诏乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇丕 亘禺賵丕賴蹖丿貙 丕賲乇賵夭 賲蹖賱蹖賵賳賴丕 亘卮乇 亘賴 讴丕乇 亘丿賳蹖 丕卮鬲睾丕賱 丿丕乇賳丿貨 賭 禺亘 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳丿! 丌賳賴丕 亘賴 丿乇丿 讴丕乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賳賲蹖禺賵乇丿賴 丕賳丿貨 賮乇賯 賳賲蹖讴賳丿貙 蹖讴 丕丨賲賯 鬲賲丕賲 毓蹖丕乇 蹖丕 蹖讴 丌丿賲 丨乇丕賲 夭丕丿賴貙 丕诏乇 賴賲 亘賴 讴丕乇 亘丿賳蹖 亘倬乇丿丕夭賳丿貙 賲賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲貙 丕氐賱丕賸 丕蹖賳 賳賵毓 讴丕乇賴丕 賲丕賱 睾賱丕賲 賵 丌丿賲 賵丨卮蹖 丕爻鬲貙 丕賲丕 鬲賵 讴賴 禺賵賳 倬丕讴 丿丕乇蹖貙 賳亘丕蹖丿 禺賵丿鬲 乇丕 亘丕 丌賳賴丕 蹖讴蹖 讴賳蹖!) 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱

鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 17/09/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 05/08/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
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The provincial town is in the power of boredom, ignorance, bad taste and avarice鈥�
The protagonist and narrator, living in the town, is one of the superfluous men鈥�
鈥淲hat do you think about yourself?鈥� my father went on. 鈥淏y the time they are your age, young men have a secure social position, while look at you: you are a proletarian, a beggar, a burden on your father!鈥�

The hero of the novella is kind and he believes that he can find his special place in the world鈥�
The poplars, covered with dew, filled the air with soft fragrance. I was sad, and did not want to go away from the town. I was fond of my native town. It seemed to be so beautiful and so snug! I loved the fresh greenery, the still, sunny morning, the chiming of our bells; but the people with whom I lived in this town were boring, alien to me, sometimes even repulsive. I did not like them nor understand them.

He is full of na茂ve ideals鈥� He believes in simplicity, equality and fraternity鈥�
We talked, and when we got upon manual labour I expressed this idea: that what is wanted is that the strong should not enslave the weak, that the minority should not be a parasite on the majority, nor a vampire for ever sucking its vital sap; that is, all, without exception, strong and weak, rich and poor, should take part equally in the struggle for existence, each one on his own account, and that there was no better means for equalizing things in that way than manual labour, in the form of universal service, compulsory for all.

He becomes a house painter and he finds out that now he is among those who are being used鈥� He marries a rich girl and they try to live simple life and make good doings but they are deceived on all sides鈥�
They took the new wheels off our carts and replaced them with old ones, stole our ploughing harness and actually sold them to us, and so on. But what was most mortifying of all was what happened at the building; the peasant women stole by night boards, bricks, tiles, pieces of iron. The village elder with witnesses made a search in their huts; the village meeting fined them two rubles each, and afterwards this money was spent on drink by the whole commune.

His wife is disappointed and forsakes him鈥�
鈥淟ice consume the grass, rust consumes the iron, and lying the soul.鈥� Corruption is universal鈥� Corruption is all around鈥� Corruption devours us from without and from within.
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May 28, 2019
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140 p谩ginas de melancol铆a que me han dejado un poso de tristeza importante. Puede que porque no me pillara la lectura en el mejor momento o simplemente porque el retrato de ese hombre tan solo me ha tocado la fibra sensible.
Nuestro protagonista es un joven perteneciente a la clase noble rusa que rechaza constantemente los trabajos burocr谩ticos que su padre le ofrece, 茅l quiere trabajar. Cree que todos los hombres deben trabajar y formarse por s铆 mismos, y as铆 comienza una vida cargada de rechazo tanto por los nobles como por los obreros.
Esta novela corta hace hincapi茅 de la hipocres铆a de unos y otros y no se queda solo con una parte de la tarta... El protagonista y su hermana me han llegado al coraz贸n, y toda la historia me ha parecido tan triste, nost谩lgica 隆Y contada de manera tan sencilla pero evocadora!
En fin, primer relato que leo de Ch茅jov, no ser谩 el 煤ltimo.
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679 reviews1,005 followers
July 6, 2020
This story mirrors 鈥淭he house with mezzanine.鈥� So it is ideal to read them together. 鈥淭he house with mezzanine鈥� flashes out the dilemma of the artist who doubts the usefulness of his craft for the improvement of the wider society. But he is concerned in equal measure by the effectiveness of good deeds imposed on the poor by the educated classes.

Here, the situation is opposite while a gifted idealistic young man decides to work with his hands alongside the poor.

鈥漈he thing we call the position in the society in reality comprised privilege of the capital and education. The poor and uneducated earn their bread by physical labour and I do not see the reason why I need to be an exception. 鈥�

This attitude sounds amazingly contemporary in the third decade of the 21st century. I would not be surprised if the one of Sally Rooney鈥檚 characters, or herself or any left-leaning later millennial would say it. Though I am not sure how many of them would follow this idea to its logical end like the Chekhov鈥檚 character has done.

As a result, he is disowned by his father and ostracised by the society in his small town. But his life seems to be meaningful. That is until he falls in love. Another blow to his worldview is meeting with a student-doctor who challenged him:

You want to be useful, come out of narrow circle and influence the whole masses. ..A loud energetic sermon is necessary. Why art, music are so lively and strong?鈥�

鈥淚f you would spent your gift to become a successful artist of scientist would you think that your life would be more productive in all respects?鈥�


Doctor also challenged the fairness of equality:

鈥漎ou live in order for an artist and his helper eat from the same table. But it is a kitchen, mundane grey side of life and live solely for this, is it not ugly?鈥�


The main character sticks to his guns. However, his life proves to be far from the ideal he has drawn in his mind.

So here we have two stories where Chekhov reveals the absence of the ideal answer for the choices the society imposes on us. In the 鈥淗ouse with mezzanine鈥�, the artist faces the limitations of his choice. Here, the young man makes the opposite decision with his life but faces the different consequences in a same painful way.

As always with Chekhov, any attempt to analyse makes his story sound didactic. And of course it is not. It is not the story about the moral choices as such. It is the story of a broken heart, the sadness and beauty and transience of the moments that to become out lives.
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656 reviews499 followers
September 11, 2023
賮囟丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 噩賵乇蹖賴 讴賴 丕賳诏丕乇 禺蹖賱蹖 爻丕丿賴 賵丕乇丿 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵夭賲乇賴鈥屰� 讴爻蹖 亘卮蹖 賵 亘丕賴丕卮 鬲賵蹖 賲爻蹖乇蹖 賴賲乇丕賴 亘賲賵賳蹖.
賲蹖禺丕卅蹖賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丕夭 賲丕爻鬲. 賲丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌й屬� 禺賵丿賲賵賳 賮讴乇 讴賳蹖賲貙 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴賳蹖賲貙 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賳蹖賲. 賲丕蹖蹖 讴賴 禺爻鬲賴鈥屫й屬� 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴賲賵賳 诏賮鬲賴 亘卮賴 丿乇爻鬲卮 趩蹖賴 賵 亘丕蹖丿 趩胤賵乇蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賳蹖賲 鬲丕 倬匕蹖乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮蹖賲.
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1,263 reviews109 followers
October 25, 2024
La casa editrice 鈥淧assigli鈥� offre l鈥檕pportunit脿 di leggere i migliori romanzi brevi di Anton Cechov [1860-1904] in una curata traduzione moderna e il libro che ho terminato di leggere oggi 猫 una di queste 鈥減erle鈥�: 鈥淟a mia Vita鈥� narra le vicissitudini personali e familiari di Misail, un giovanotto figlio di un architetto, nipote di un poeta e pronipote addirittura di un generale, che rifiuta una sistemazione lavorativa come impiegato favorita dalla considerazione e la stima dovute a suo padre apprezzato disegnatore delle case della gente che conta in paese e preferisce invece lavorare all鈥檃perto come imbianchino, attirandosi le ire paterne e l鈥檕stracismo della gente bene del suo paese che lo scansa e lo deride; tutto questo non gli far脿 cambiare idea tant鈥櫭� che pian piano c鈥櫭� chi gli si riavviciner脿, chi lo vorr脿 aiutare disinteressatamente a crescere nel suo lavoro, chi si innamorer脿 di lui e la sua vita si dipaner脿 negli anni come ognuno di noi tra momenti felici ed altri negativi, tra gli alti e bassi ma senza mai tradire le sue convinzioni e le sue certezze. Un romanzo tipico della letteratura di Cechov che non racconta niente di nuovo ma lo sa raccontare impeccabilmente alla sua maniera di grande e indimenticabile scrittore.
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1,489 reviews364 followers
March 25, 2023
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Author听36 books487 followers
September 22, 2017
Classic Chekhov: keeps everything in flux.

Every story of his I've read has the same principle: 'I think this is good; (s)he thinks the opposite is good. We're both kinda right, but you can't ever prove one is greater than the other.'

This version is bourgeois life vs. manual labour. They both have their strengths and weaknesses, but even so, we're still all going to die, and before then, most people suck.

Cheers, Chekhov. See you in, uh... a few months ;D
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482 reviews1,494 followers
March 17, 2016
Un libro 100 % Ch茅jov. Uno de los pilares m谩s importantes de este autor es la verdad; Ch茅jov dec铆a que la ficci贸n que miente no es buena ficci贸n. Este relato es un espejo de lo que somos: pobres miserables que buscan su lugar en el mundo mientras sufren en soledad.
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2,898 reviews479 followers
February 19, 2017
Lice eats grass, rust eats iron, and lying the soul.

Russian literature and I have a dysfunctional relationship. I think I should like it, have had several friends over the years who adore it, and yet, at some point during a book I want to put myself out of my misery. Whether it's Tolstoy, Dostoyevski, or Chekhov I find a point where I really understand vodka. To be fair, I had a nice Turgenev experience and still need to crack open Gogol, but that will come after a breather because this one took me through my paces.

It's the usual unrelenting bleakness. Here that feeling of being trapped is neatly wrapped up in a youth's rebellion of class structure and the resulting consequences. There's more downs than ups--it's Russian literature, misery is requisite--but after I dragged myself through the extraordinarily long sagging middle, the final 10% was great. Maybe because like a horse on the way home I raced along or the conclusion was just more concise and less mud and cold and uselessness. Either way, a significant character death as offering for my suffering always helps me end on an up note-- and dragged themselves out of one star territory with this trick. Thus my 2.5 star rating gets pushed to 3, mostly likely due to a sense of relief.
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Author听5 books33 followers
January 23, 2018
when you see you can't live your dreams in this cruel world :(
reading it was a fun adventure, different but same as my experience, and foretelling my tragic end if i keep up like that, hoping to cling a bit more to my world before crashing into the abyss
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271 reviews72 followers
December 28, 2018
亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 鬲乇噩賲賴鈥屰� 賮乇卮鬲賴 丕賮爻乇蹖貙 賳卮乇 丌爻賵 :


丕诏乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿賲 丕賳诏卮鬲乇蹖 亘丕 賳賵卮鬲賴 丕蹖 亘乇 乇賵蹖 丌賳 爻賮丕乇卮 丿賴賲 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕賸 丕蹖賳 毓亘丕乇鬲 乇丕 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 賲蹖鈥屭┴必呚� "賴蹖趩 趩蹖夭 賳賲蹖鈥屭柏必�." 賲賳 賲毓鬲賯丿賲 讴賴 賴蹖趩 趩蹖夭 亘丿賵賳 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丕孬乇蹖 丕夭 禺賵丿 亘賴 噩丕蹖 亘诏匕丕乇丿貙 賳賲蹖鈥屭柏必� 賵 賴乇 賯丿賲 讴賵趩讴蹖 讴賴 亘乇 賲蹖鈥屫ж臂屬呚� 亘乇 丨丕賱 賵 丌蹖賳丿賴 賲丕 亘爻蹖丕乇 丕孬乇诏匕丕乇 丕爻鬲.



賲孬賱 鬲賲丕賲 丌孬丕乇卮貙 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 趩禺賵賮 賯氐丿 丿丕乇賴 倬賵趩蹖 賵 亘蹖賴賵丿诏蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲乇丿賲 乇賵爻蹖賴 乇賵 賳卮賵賳 亘丿賴. 賲乇丿賲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 卮賴乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴賳賳貙 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 丿丕乇賳 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖鈥屬囏� 賵丨卮蹖 賵 亘蹖鈥屬佖辟囐嗂嗀� 丕賲丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵鬲蹖賳 賵 倬賵趩蹖 丿丕乇賳 讴賴 賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 讴丕乇丕賲丿 亘賵丿賳 亘賱讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 丨乇賮 賲乇丿賲 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲 賲蹖讴賳賳.
趩賴鈥屬傌� 噩丕賲毓賴 賲丕 亘賴 蹖賴 趩禺賵賮 賳蹖丕夭 丿丕乇賴 讴賴 丕賳賯丿乇 賲爻禺乇賲賵賳 讴賳賴 讴賴 亘賴賲賵賳 亘乇 亘禺賵乇賴貙 賵 鬲讴賵賳蹖 亘賴 丕毓鬲賯丕丿丕鬲 賵 丕賮讴丕乇 禺賵丿賲賵賳 亘丿蹖賲:)
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106 reviews40 followers
March 19, 2019
鬲乇讴蹖亘賽 亘蹖 賳馗蹖乇賽 趩禺賵賮 賵 趩賴丕乇卮賳亘賴 爻賵乇蹖 :)
亘爻蹖 夭蹖亘丕 賵 丿賱賳卮蹖賳...
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December 4, 2019
"I believe that nothing passes away without leaving a trace and that every step we take, however small, has significance for our present and our future existence鈥�
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December 1, 2020
丕賲鬲蹖丕夭 丿乇 禺賵丕賳卮 丿賵賲 鄞 爻鬲丕乇賴( 讴賴 賮乇賯蹖 亘丕 禺賵丕賳卮 丕賵賱 賳丿丕卮鬲)乇

丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 鬲賱禺 丕夭 趩禺賵賮 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳蹖 讴賴 鄹 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 丕夭 賮賵鬲卮 丿乇 丕賵噩 倬禺鬲诏蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴.
亘賴 乇丕爻鬲蹖
亘禺卮蹖丿賳 丿卮賵丕乇鬲乇 丕爻鬲 蹖丕 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴乇丿賳責責

趩禺賵賮 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 噩丕賲毓賴 禺賵蹖卮 賲蹖 鬲丕夭丿 . 噩丕賲毓賴 丕蹖 讴賴 爻乇丕爻乇 賲亘鬲賱丕 亘賴 賮爻丕丿 丕爻鬲. 丿乇 噩丕蹖蹖 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 " 丨鬲蹖 蹖讴 賲乇丿 氐丕丿賯 丿乇 讴賱 卮賴乇 乇丕 賳賲蹖 卮賳丕禺鬲賲. 倬丿乇賲 乇卮賵賴 賲蹖 诏乇賮鬲 賵 賮讴乇 賲蹖 讴乇丿 丕蹖賳 倬賵賱 賴丕 乇丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 丕卮 賲蹖诏蹖乇丿" 乇
賲蹖禺丕蹖蹖賱 讴賴 乇丕賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕爻鬲 賮乇丿蹖 賳噩蹖亘 夭丕丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕夭 丕噩鬲賲丕毓 丕卮 亘乇蹖丿賴 丕賵 鬲賲丕蹖賱蹖 亘賴 丕丿丕賲賴 乇丕賴 丕噩丿丕丿卮 賵 丕賳噩丕賲 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 丕丿丕乇蹖 讴賴 賲賵乇丿 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賲乇丿賲 丕爻鬲 貙 賳丿丕乇丿 賵 亘丕乇賴丕 丕夭 賲卮丕睾賱蹖 讴賴 倬丿乇卮 亘乇丕蹖 丕賵 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕 讴乇丿賴 丕禺乇丕噩 賲蹖 卮賵丿... 丕賵 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 賲賳 賴賲 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴賲 賲孬賱 乇毓丕蹖丕 讴丕乇 蹖丿蹖 丕賳噩丕賲 亘丿賲....賵 賴賲賵丕乇賴 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳 胤乇夭 鬲賮讴乇 賲賵乇丿 卮賲丕鬲鬲 賲乇丿賲 丕爻鬲 丿乇 噩丕蹖蹖 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 " 賴賲賴 賲乇丕 賲爻禺乇賴 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 貙 丕賵丕蹖賱 丕蹖賳 趩蹖夭賴丕 賳丕乇丕丨鬲賲 賲蹖 讴乇丿"乇

丿乇 丕蹖賳 丨蹖賳 丕賵 亘丕 丿禺鬲乇 賲賴賳丿爻 讴賴 賮乇丿蹖 孬乇賵鬲賲賳丿 丕爻鬲 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖 卮賵丿 . 丿禺鬲乇 賲賴賳丿爻 卮蹖賮鬲賴 毓賯丕蹖丿 賵 爻亘讴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賵爻鬲 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 賴賲賴 亘賴 丕賵賳 丿乇 卮賴乇 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賲蹖诏匕丕乇丿..趩乇丕責 趩賵賳 孬乇賵鬲賲賳丿 丕爻鬲 . 丿禺鬲乇 賲賴賳丿爻 亘丕 丕賵 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賲蹖 讴賳丿 丕賲丕 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 倬蹖 賲蹖 亘乇丿 讴賴 趩賴 丕禺鬲賱丕賮蹖 亘蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賯亘賱蹖 賵 賮毓賱蹖卮 丕卮 丿乇 丨賵賲賴 卮賴乇 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿 賵 鬲毓丕賲賱 亘丕 乇毓丕蹖丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賮賯乇 賮乇賴賳诏蹖卮丕賳 丌賳趩賳丕賳 讴賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖 讴乇丿 乇丕丨鬲 賳蹖爻鬲
丕賵 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖 诏蹖乇丿 讴賴 爻胤丨 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇毓丕蹖丕 乇丕 亘丕 爻丕禺鬲 賲丿乇爻賴 亘乇丕蹖 丌賳賴丕 亘丕賱丕 亘亘乇丿 賵賱蹖 丌賳賯丿乇 噩丕賲毓賴 乇毓蹖鬲 賴丕 賮丕爻丿 賵 賲爻賲賵賲 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 丕夭 丌賳 賲丿乇爻賴 賴賲 丿夭丿蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 賵 亘乇丕蹖 爻丕禺鬲 賲丿乇爻賴 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵丿卮丕賳 丕爻鬲 讴丕乇卮讴賳蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿.... 丕蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 爻亘亘 禺爻鬲诏蹖 賵 丿賱 賲乇丿诏蹖 賴賲爻乇 賲蹖禺丕蹖蹖賱 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 丕賵 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖 诏蹖乇丿 讴賴 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 亘乇賵丿(丕賱亘鬲賴 賲卮讴賱 噩丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖爻鬲).... 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 賳丕賲賴 丕蹖 亘賴 賴賲爻乇卮 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賵 丕夭 丕賵 亘丕 賲丨亘鬲 賵 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 貙 鬲賯丕氐丕蹖 噩丿丕蹖蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿.... 賲丕乇蹖丕 賴賲爻乇 賲蹖禺丕蹖蹖賱 胤毓賲 丌夭丕丿蹖 賵 乇賴丕卮丿诏蹖 乇丕 賲蹖 趩卮丿 ( 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賳賲丕丿 蹖讴 讴卮賵乇 丌夭丕丿 讴賴 賴賲賴 爻賱丕蹖賯 丿乇 丌賳噩丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳賳丿 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賳賳丿) 诏賵蹖蹖 丕賵 賴賲丕賳賳丿 倬乇賳丿賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕夭 亘丕賲蹖 亘賴 亘丕賲 丿蹖诏乇 賲蹖 噩賴丿 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘丕 賲蹖禺丕蹖蹖賱 氐乇賮丕 鬲賵賯賮 趩賳丿 乇賵夭賴 丕賵 亘乇 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘丕賲 賴丕 亘賵丿賴.... 丿乇 噩丕蹖蹖 丿乇 丌賳 賳丕賲賴 亘賴 賴賲爻乇卮 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 "卮丕賴 丿蹖賵蹖丿 丕賳诏卮鬲乇蹖 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 乇賵蹖 丌賳 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿 "" 丕蹖賳 賳蹖夭 亘诏匕乇丿"" 丕蹖賳 噩賲賱賴 丕賵 乇丕 卮丕丿 賲蹖 讴乇丿 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 睾賲诏蹖賳蹖 賵 睾賲诏蹖賳 賲蹖 讴乇丿 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 卮丕丿蹖 . 賲賳 趩賳蹖賳 丕賳诏卮鬲乇蹖 亘丕 丨乇賵賮 毓亘乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿賲 蹖丕賮鬲賲 賵 丕蹖賳 丕賮爻賵賳 賲乇丕 丕夭 卮賵乇 賵 卮賵賯 亘丕夭 賲蹖 丿丕乇丿. 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿 丨鬲蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖貙 倬爻 丌丿賲蹖 亘賴 賴蹖趩 趩蹖夭 賳蹖丕夭 賳丿丕乇丿. 鬲賳賴丕 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 賳蹖丕夭 丿丕乇丿 丌夭丕丿蹖爻鬲"乇
丕賵 賲讴丕賱賲丕鬲蹖 亘丕 丿讴鬲乇貙 讴賴 禺賵丕賴乇 賲禺丕蹖蹖賱 丿賱亘爻鬲賴 丕賵 卮丿賴 貙 丿丕乇丿... 賳馗乇蹖丕鬲 丿讴鬲乇 丨賵賱 丕蹖賳 賲丨賵乇 丕爻鬲 讴賴 噩丕賲毓賴 乇賵爻蹖賴 賴蹖趩 噩乇蹖丕賳 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 乇丕 丿乇 禺賵丿 賳丿蹖丿賴 賵 賲丕丿丕賲 讴賴 賲乇丿賲 賲胤丕賱毓賴 賳讴賳賳丿 賵 亘賴 爻賲鬲 丿丕賳卮 賳乇賵賳丿 貙 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌賳賴丕 爻乇丕爻乇 賮爻丕丿 賵 讴爻丕賱鬲 賵 禺賲賵丿诏蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 亘賵丿

丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕 賲蹖禺丕蹖蹖賱 倬蹖 賲蹖 亘乇丿 讴賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 丕賵 噩賲賱賴 "丕蹖賳 賳蹖夭 亘诏匕乇丿 " 噩賲賱賴 丿乇爻鬲蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 趩乇丕 讴賴 賴乇 賮毓賱 賵 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 丕賳爻丕賳 丌孬丕乇 賲鬲毓丿丿蹖 丕夭 禺賵丿 亘賴 噩丕蹖 賲蹖 诏匕丕乇丿 賴乇 賯丿賲蹖 讴賴 賲蹖 诏匕丕乇蹖賲 亘乇 丨丕賱 賵 丌蹖賳丿賴 賲丕 亘爻蹖丕乇 丕孬乇 诏匕丕乇 丕爻鬲
丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 賲蹖禺丕蹖蹖賱 讴賴 丕夭 讴丕乇诏乇蹖 亘賴 倬蹖賲丕賳讴丕乇蹖 賲蹖 乇爻丿. 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 賲乇丿賲 乇丕 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 讴丕乇卮 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 丿賴丿 . 賲乇丿賲 丿蹖诏乇 亘賴 丕賵賳 亘蹖 丕丨鬲乇丕賲蹖 賳賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 賵 丨鬲蹖 丕夭 丕賵 丿乇禺賵丕爻鬲 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 讴賴 亘丕 丌賳賴丕 趩丕蹖 亘賳賵卮丿
卮禺氐蹖鬲 賲丕乇蹖丕 賴賲爻乇 賲蹖禺丕蹖蹖賱 貙 禺蹖賱蹖 噩丕賱亘 丕爻鬲....丕賵 賮乇丿蹖爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 賯賵賱 禺賵丿卮 丿賳亘丕賱賴 乇賵 噩乇蹖丕賳丕鬲 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖爻鬲 賳賴 丕蹖噩丕丿 讴賳賳丿賴 丌賳...賱丨馗賴 丕蹖 丕夭 蹖讴 鬲賮讴乇 丨賲丕蹖鬲 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 賱丨馗賴 丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 丕夭 蹖讴 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 丿蹖诏乇.... 丕賵 賮乇丿蹖 丌夭丕丿 丕爻鬲 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 亘蹖讴乇丕賳诏蹖 . 丕賵 讴賴 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿讴蹖 丿乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿诏蹖 丿丕乇丿 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 讴賴 " 丌賵丕夭 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賴賲 丌乇丕賲賲 賳賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 诏賵蹖蹖 丕蹖賳 丌賵丕夭 賴賲 亘乇丕蹖賲 賲孬賱 蹖讴 賯賮爻 丕爻鬲 " 乇
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708 reviews69 followers
January 2, 2023
This is my first Chekhov, I was immediately immersed in the plight of a young man determined to go his own way in the world. A couple of things become clear right away, this was a place and time (Russia circa 1890's) in which going your own way was discouraged by methods like beatings, shunning, water poured on you as you walk through the market. A tough crowd. But our guy Misail is a tough nut and will not be dissuaded. His dad refers to taking his place in the nobility as keep alight a 'sacred fire'. But he wants to work for a living, what he considers honest work with his hands.

" To sit in a stuffy room," I said, "to copy papers, to compete with a typewriter, for a man of my age is shameful and insulting. How can there be any talk of sacred fire here!"

What makes this book so enduring is that, despite his firm convictions, he is willing to engage seriously in discussions about how life should be lived. What a wonderful combination of traits: a serious approach to life, firm convictions and yet a mind that remains open. In one exchange with a friend who extols the virtues of climbing the ladder of progress, he responds by asking why his opting out poses a threat, why it incites such a violent response in people.

"What's the danger?", I asked. "Progress lies in works of love, in the fulfillment of the moral law, if you don't enslave anyone, are not a burden to anyone, what more progress do you want?"

Currently, in 2022, we hear the term 'wage slave' and it has a real resonance. Chekhov would understand this term instantly, "the art of enslavement is also gradually cultivated", he writes. "We endow slavery with refined forms, or at least we know how to find a justification for it in each particular case."

This tale of how difficult it was to go against the grain of society presents a powerful microcosm whose dynamics have not changed much in a hundred and twenty years. It remains painfully difficult and often results in family members disowning us and rejection from friends. One person close to Misail takes a similar desperate plunge with outwardly disastrous results. But for the first time she took agency in her own life and says,

"After what happened, I can't go back there. Lord how good that is! I feel easy in my heart."
She hadn't slept like that for a long, long time.
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298 reviews128 followers
December 10, 2023
Frustratingly human. Only Chekhov can write fiction that feels like the most genuine, rawest portrayal of human life. I relate to all of the characters he crafts鈥攆rom the doctors who intellectualise the world's most significant issues yet do nothing to fix them to the dirt-poor peasants who steal and drink "kvass with cockroaches in it". They are all unmistakably human, in different forms, moulded by different circumstances.

The story mainly revolves around Misail Poloznev. He is a young man who fails to secure a social position so miserably that the town folks feel sorry for his father. His father, frustrated with his son and even more so his name, tells him:

"Your great-grandfather Poloznev, the general, fought at Borodino; your grandfather was a poet, an orator, and a Marshal of Nobility; your uncle is a schoolmaster; and lastly, I, your father, am an architect! All the Poloznevs have guarded the sacred fire for you to put it out!"

Despite his father's attempts to talk sense into him, Misail chooses an independent and shameful path鈥攖he life of a labour worker. Things reveal themselves messy after that, not only for Misail but everyone around him.
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37 reviews2 followers
January 9, 2024
丕蹖賳 丕賵賱蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕夭 趩禺賵賮 禺賵賳丿賲 賵 丨爻卮 賵丕爻賲 丿賯蹖賯丕 賲孬賱 禺賵賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 賴丕蹖賳乇蹖卮 亘賱 亘賵丿. 丕賳賯丿乇 乇賵賵賳 賵 噩匕丕亘 讴賴 賲賳 乇賵 亘賴 丿丕禺賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴卮蹖丿 賵 亘丕 賲蹖禺丕卅蹖賱 賴賲乇丕賴 讴乇丿貙 噩賵乇蹖 讴賴 诏匕乇 夭賲丕賳 乇賵 丨爻 賳賲蹖 讴乇丿賲 賵 爻乇蹖毓 噩賱賵 賲蹖 乇賮鬲賲.
丕賱亘鬲賴 丕蹖賳 乇賵 賮丕讴鬲賵乇 賲蹖诏蹖乇賲 讴賴 賴乇趩賳丿 氐賮丨賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇賲蹖诏卮鬲賲 亘亘蹖賳賲 丕蹖賳 丌丿賲蹖 讴賴 丿丕乇賴 丿乇賲賵乇丿卮 氐丨亘鬲 賲蹖 讴賳賴 丿賯蹖賯丕 讴蹖 亘賵丿貙 讴賴 丕夭 賲卮讴賱丕鬲 禺賵賳丿賳 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 乇賵爻蹖賴 賴爻鬲卮:))
亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖乇爻賴 趩禺賵賮 賴賲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 賲賳賴 賵 賯氐丿 丿丕乇賲 亘丕夭賲 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 亘蹖卮乇蹖 丕夭卮 亘禺賵賳賲.
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亘丕 卮乇賵毓 讴鬲丕亘 卮賲丕 讴賳丕乇 賲蹖禺丕卅蹖賱 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵夭賲乇卮 乇賵 賲卮丕賴丿賴 賲蹖 讴賳蹖丿. 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 亘乇禺賱丕賮 丕噩丿丕丿 鬲丨氐蹖賱 讴乇丿卮 毓賱丕賯賴 丕蹖 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲孬賱 丕賵賳 賴丕 賳丿丕乇賴 賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕丿 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿卮 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賳賴. 鬲賵 噩丕賲毓賴 丕蹖 讴賴 賴賲賴 丿乇丨丕賱 賯囟丕賵鬲 讴乇丿賳 賴賲丿蹖诏賴 賴爻鬲賳. 卮賴乇賳卮蹖賳 賴丕 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖 賴丕乇賵 賵丨卮蹖 賵 亘蹖 賮乇賴賳诏 賲蹖丿賵賳賳 賵 乇賵爻鬲丕賳蹖 賴丕 丕賵賳丕乇賵 丌丿賲 賴丕蹖 賲乇賮賴 亘蹖 丿乇丿 賵 亘蹖 丿睾丿睾賴 賲蹖 丿賵賳賳. 賵 賴賲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 丌丿賲 賴丕 鬲賳賴丕 亘乇丕蹖 丨乇賮 賲乇丿賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴賳賳 賵 讴爻蹖 讴賴 亘禺賵丕丿 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿卮 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賳賴 乇賵 胤乇丿 賲蹖 讴賳賳.
丕賱亘鬲賴 亘乇丕蹖 賲丕 讴丕賲賱丕 賯丕亘賱 丿乇讴賴 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 丌丿賲 賴丕蹖蹖 丿乇 蹖讴 噩丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 噩賴丕賳 賴賲 賮乇賴賳诏卮賵賳 賲孬賱 賲丕 賴爻鬲卮貙 賯爻賲鬲 噩丕賱亘 賲丕噩乇丕 亘賵丿.
丿乇 丌禺乇 賳賲乇賴 蹖 賲賳 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘: 4

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228 reviews67 followers
December 13, 2019
I think Chekhov tries to fool you by seeming sort of cold and detached, but then there's a lot of spilling of tears on handwritten letters, and frolicking near duck ponds in the springtime, and that sort of thing.
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June 1, 2014
(Hay un punto que me inquieta de Chejov: el hecho de que el tipo haya considerado sus textos dram谩ticos como comedias. 驴En la cabeza de qui茅n se le ocurre pensar a T铆o Vania o La Gaviota como comedias? 驴Acaso es una joda b谩rbara la ca铆da en desgracia de la clase rusa terrateniente y/o noble a fines del siglo XIX?)

Drama como comedia clasista. Con esta idea llegu茅 a Relato de mi vida, novella que narra el coming of age de un traidor a su clase. A saber: Misail (25-26), hijo del arquitecto de una ciudad de 60.000 habitantes, est谩 cansado de la hipocres铆a de sus compa帽eros de clase. Cansado y asqueado de ver como le llueve todo de arriba al que pertenece, rechaza los puestos burocr谩ticos de cuello blanco en que lo meten, y decide hacerse obrero. Cosa escandalosa para un se帽orito dedicarse al trabajo f铆sico, todo su entorno le da la espalda. Misail, al que todo esto le resbala, tomar谩 a la pintura de brocha gorda como su oficio, para pelear al hambre. Chejov lo describe as铆:

"Era robusto, corpulento, y ten铆a un apetito de lobo; pero rara vez
pod铆a satisfacerlo, y casi siempre estaba hambriento. Quiz谩 debido a eso
no ha extra帽ado nunca que la gente del pueblo hable de comer casi
constantemente y s贸lo piense en el pan cotidiano. El hambre es el motor
principal de la actividad humana." (III)


Desde el principio Misail se nos aparece como un individuo que busca salir de la comodidad. Durante los primeros cap铆tulos el expresa su visi贸n de mundo, cuya opini贸n m谩s importante es: todos deben trabajar. Todos deben realizar trabajo f铆sico. Y cuando todav铆a es imberbe ("idealista" dir谩n algunos), hace expl铆citas sus ideas: a su padre, a su hermana, a todo el que le discuta. Sin embargo, Chejov es justo. Y por eso Misail, con el avanzar de los cap铆tulos, cuando ve la hipocres铆a y la doble moral (en principio de su mujer), no se escandaliza. Tampoco pregona y moraliza. Ve y entiende que tanto los terratenientes (los nobles en decadencia y los nuevos ricos que compran tierras) y los campesinos, ambos son unos borrachos ladrones, unos mentirosos y unos brutos. Pero los campesinos tienen el trabajo y por eso valen m谩s que el parasitismo del resto:

"Macha, Stepan y los dem谩s ten铆an, naturalmente, raz贸n: los campesinos
viv铆an como cerdos, se emborrachaban, eran a menudo est煤pidos, enga帽aban
al pr贸jimo..., y, sin embargo, yo advert铆a que en la vida campestre hab铆a
una base s贸lida, real, una base de que carec铆a la vida ciudadana. Viendo
al campesino trabajar la tierra olvidaba uno su estupidez, sus
borracheras, y descubr铆a en 茅l una gravedad, una importancia que no
exist铆a en Macha ni en el doctor Blagovo; aquel campesino sucio, bestia y
borracho aspiraba a la justicia, ten铆a la convicci贸n profunda de que sin
justicia la vida es imposible." (XIII)


Pregunta inc贸moda: 驴cu谩l justicia? Chejov ya venia aclarando que la justicia burguesa de los doctores de la ley no existe para el campesino, si frente al patr贸n tiene que 'mendigar su sueldo con la gorra en mano'. Justicia burguesa (como la conocemos), entonces no es. Tal vez sea la justicia hist贸rica la que menciona Chejov. El tiempo les pasa factura a esa clase terrateniente decadente. Ya han pasado sus 茅pocas de gloria en que pod铆an sentirse due帽os de las almas que trabajaban y les rend铆an tributo. Misail esto lo sabe: sabe que todo lo referente a su padre es decadente, que ese arquitecto hace casas que embrutecen a los hombres que las habitan, que algunos terratenientes viven de prestado, de beneficios del Estado (!!), de contar monedas.

Apasionante ver el desarrollo de Misail. No deja de ser idealista. Cree que el progreso 煤nicamente vendr谩 cuando se termine la explotaci贸n del hombre contra el hombre, y una de las formas de terminar con la profunda injusticia es ponerse el mismo a laburar. 驴Acaso los nobles se van a poner a pintar, arreglar el techo, empapelar, sus propios caser铆os? No. El noble se queja y se queja y cuando se aburre manda todo al demonio y se va a Petersburgo y al extranjero.
Misail, entonces, es un tipo que sospecha, ve y reconfirma sus ideas. Pasa del discurso a la pr谩ctica. Y en este paso a la pr谩ctica est谩 la confirmaci贸n del leit-motiv de su nodriza: "vas a acabar mal". Y del carnicero, hijo de la nodriza: aquel que traiciona su clase, la pasa mal. Misail pasa hambre y miseria general, pero no le importa porque se gana su propio pan. Es decir, es un hombre libre.
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January 4, 2018
鬲賱禺 鬲賱禺 鬲賱禺.乇卅丕賱蹖爻鬲 鬲賱禺 趩禺賵賮 賵賱蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲
趩賯丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲夭丕丿賴 乇賵夭诏丕乇 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 賮乇賴賳诏蹖 丕蹖乇丕賳賴
丨丿丕賯賱 鬲賵蹖 卮賴乇丕蹖 讴賵趩讴 鬲乇 蹖丕 鬲賮讴乇丕鬲 亘爻鬲賴 蹖 賯丕賱亘 賲乇丿賲 賵 丕睾賱亘 卮賴乇丕蹖 亘夭乇诏 鬲乇.
乇卅丕賱蹖爻鬲 鬲賱禺蹖 讴賴 賲賱丕讴 賴丕蹖 賯囟丕賵鬲 賲乇丿賲 囟賲蹖乇 鬲賵 蹖丕 卮賲丕爻鬲貙賳诏丕賴 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 爻賵蹖 賳诏丕賴 賴丕蹖 禺蹖乇賴 亘賯蹖賴 乇賵 丿賳亘丕賱 賲蹖讴賳賳
賴賲賴 丿乇 鬲賱丕卮 讴卮賮 噩夭蹖蹖丕鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘乇丕蹖 賯囟丕賵鬲 讴乇丿賳賳
噩賳诏 噩賳诏賴 賯囟丕賵鬲
賴賲賴 丿乇 鬲賱丕卮 讴爻亘 丕亘夭丕乇 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賵丕爻賴 蹖 賯囟丕賵鬲賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕賵賳 賴賲 賳賴 賯囟丕賵鬲賴 賲鬲賳丕馗乇 亘丕 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲
亘賱讴賴 賲鬲賳丕馗乇 亘丕 亘乇丿丕卮鬲蹖 讴賴 丕夭 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 丿丕乇賳
鬲賵蹖 噩丕賲毓賴 丕蹖 讴賴 鬲賳丕賯囟 噩丕蹖 丿乇讴 賲鬲賯丕亘賱 乇賵 诏乇賮鬲賴貙乇賵丕亘胤 亘乇 倬丕蹖賴 蹖 丨爻丿 賵 賯丿乇鬲 胤賱亘蹖賴
鬲賱禺賴 賵賱蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖貙賵丕賯毓蹖 賲賳 賵 賯丕賱亘賴 噩丕賲毓賴 蹖 賲賳
蹖丕 丨丿丕賯賱 賯丕賱亘 噩賲毓蹖鬲 丕胤乇丕賮 賲賳.噩丕賲毓賴 丕蹖 亘乇 倬丕蹖賴 蹖 賯囟丕賵鬲
賵 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 賯囟丕賵鬲 賴丕 爻爻鬲.
鬲賵蹖 噩丕丿賴 鬲賲賵賲 卮丿.丿賵爻卮 丿丕卮鬲賲 鬲丕 蹖賴 噩丕蹖蹖
丕禺乇 讴鬲丕亘 丕诏乇趩賴 賴賳賵夭賲 乇卅丕賱蹖爻鬲蹖讴 亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 丿乇丕賲 賵 爻丕丿賴 丕賳诏丕乇丕賳賴 亘賵丿.丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵 鬲賵氐蹖賴 賲蹖讴賳賲 亘賴 讴爻丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻 丿丕乇賳 丨爻 讴賳賳 賮賯胤 丕蹖賳 诏乇丕蹖卮丕鬲 賵 賯囟丕賵鬲 賴丕 賵 夭賮鬲丕乇 賴丕 賲禺鬲氐 丕蹖乇丕賳 賳蹖爻鬲
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November 30, 2018
丕夭 賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘:
丌賳賴丕 丕夭 賲胤丕賱毓賴 蹖 賴賲賴 蹖 丌賳 賲讴鬲賵亘丕鬲蹖 讴賴 诏賮鬲賲貙 趩賴 賳鬲蹖噩賴 丕蹖 賲蹖诏乇賮鬲賳丿 讴賴 賴賳賵夭 賴賲 亘丕胤賳卮丕賳 賲丕賳賳丿 丕賳爻丕賳 氐丿 蹖丕 爻蹖氐丿 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 鬲丕乇蹖讴 賵 爻乇卮丕乇 丕夭 賳賮乇鬲 亘賵丿責
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May 30, 2023
The last of Chekhov's short novels published in 1896. Seems after this book he focused more of his attention on his plays.

Based on an upperclass person, 25-year old Misail Poloznev, living in the 1890s who decides to get a working class job. The city is confused with his decision, but he enjoys painting houses. Eventually he meets a girl (from a wealthy family) and they decide to relocate to the country side and become farmers. They help to build a school. At all points in time the peasants try to take advantage of them. Eventually the wife grows tired of the life and leaves.

I guess this is a commentary on Tolstoyan philosophy... so I may need to read some Tolstoy and come back to this one. Chekhov himself was the grandchild of a former serf.

My Life is pretty similar to Three Years in that I feel both stories the protagonists are trying to escape the tyranny of their fathers.

Told in the first person.

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November 1, 2021
夭賳丿诏蹖 賲賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲乇丿蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 乇丕賴 賵 乇賵卮 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌亘丕 丕噩丿丕丿蹖 賵 賲乇丿賲 讴卮賵乇卮 乇丕 丿賵爻鬲 賳丿丕乇丿 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕賴丿 亘賴 爻亘讴 禺賵丿卮 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賳丿.
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 禺賵亘 趩禺賵賮 賴爻鬲
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January 12, 2015
Mascha dice en una carta: "El rey David ten铆a un anillo con la inscripci贸n: 芦Todo pasa.禄 Cuando se est谩 triste, estas palabras consuelan; cuando se est谩 alegre, producen melancol铆a. Yo tambi茅n me he mandado hacer una sortija parecida, con una inscripci贸n judaica, y ella no me permite extralimitarme ni en las alegr铆as ni en las tristezas. S铆, todo pasar谩; la vida misma acabar谩, 驴por qu茅 entonces atribuir tanta importancia a nuestras peque帽as alegr铆as y dolores?"

Al final, Misail, el protagonista, piensa: "Si yo hubiese tenido el deseo de mandarme hacer una sortija, le habr铆a hecho grabar esta inscripci贸n: 芦Nada pasa.禄 S铆; estoy convencido que nada pasa sin dejar una huella tras nosotros, y que cada acto nuestro, incluso el m谩s insignificante, ejerce determinada influencia en nuestra vida presente y futura."

Ch茅jov era Misail, o Misail es Ch茅jov por siempre. No s茅.

Bell铆simo y trist铆simo.
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December 13, 2019
賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 趩乇丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮亘蹖賴 亘賯蹖賴 蹖 丌孬丕乇 趩禺賵賮 賳亘賵丿. 讴鬲丕亘 亘丿蹖 賳亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 卮丕蹖丿 毓賱鬲卮 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕爻賲 趩禺賵賮 乇賵 蹖丿讴 賲蹖讴卮蹖丿.
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March 13, 2021
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲
禺蹖賱蹖 乇賵丕賳 亘賵丿 賵 亘丕 爻乇毓鬲 禺賵亘蹖 倬蹖卮 賲蹖乇賮鬲
禺蹖賱蹖 丨乇賮 賴丕蹖 賲賴賲 乇賵 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 賵 亘賴 爻丕丿賴 鬲乇蹖賳 乇丕賴 亘賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿卮 賲蹖乇爻賵賳賴 :)
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January 17, 2021
Bu kadar k谋sa kitaplara, bu koca c眉mleleri s谋臒d谋rmay谋 nas谋l beceriyorsun 脟ehov? Her okudu臒um 枚yk眉s眉nde daha iyi anl谋yorum, 脟ehov鈥檜n en sevdi臒im 枚yk眉 yazar谋 oldu臒unu.
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丨賷丕鬲賷... 丨賰丕賷丞 乇噩賱 賲賳 丕賱乇賷賮
兀孬賳丕亍 賯乇丕亍丞 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賵賮賷賱丕 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 鬲亘丕丿乇鬲 廿賱賶 匕賴賳賷 賲賯賵賱丞 亘胤賱 賴乇賲丕賳 賴賷爻賴 (( 丿賲賷丕賳)) : ( 賱賲 兀賰賳 兀乇賷丿 爻賵賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵賮賯 丕賱丿賵丕賮毓 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳亘毓 賲賳 匕丕鬲賷 賮賱賲 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 亘賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱氐毓賵亘丞)

賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷鬲乇賰 鬲卮賷禺賵賮 丕賱賲噩丕賱 賱亘胤賱賴 賲賷爻丕賷賱 賵 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞听 賱鬲亘賷丕賳 亘毓囟 賲賳 兀賵噩賴 賴匕賴 丕賱氐毓賵亘丕鬲
賮賷 噩賵 賲孬賯賱 亘丕賱賰丌亘丞 賵 賳賮爻 賲賷爻丕賷賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇夭丨 鬲丨鬲 賵胤兀丞 毓亘亍 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 丨賯賷賯丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞

賲賷爻丕賷賱 丕賱匕賷 賳卮兀 賮賷 亘賷鬲 亘賵乇噩賵丕夭賷 賱兀亘 賴賵 丕賱賲賴賳丿爻 丕賱賲毓賲丕乇賷 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賱賱賯乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷賯胤賳賵賳賴丕 賵 賴賵 卮禺氐 氐丕乇賲 噩丿丕 賷乇夭丨 賴賵 丕賱丌禺乇 鬲丨鬲 賵胤兀丞 毓亘亍 丌禺乇 賴賵 毓亘亍 丕賱丨賮丕馗 毓賱賶 廿乇孬 兀爻賱丕賮賴 賲賳 賲賳夭賱丞 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賲乇賲賵賯丞 賵 賲丨鬲乇賲丞 賵 賱賵 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 毓賱賶 丨爻丕亘 兀亘賳丕卅賴
鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲乇亘賷丞 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賱賯丕賴丕 賲賷爻丕賷賱 賵 賴匕丕 丕賱毓亘亍 丕賱匕賷 兀賱賯賶 亘賴 賵丕賱丿賴 毓賱賷賴 賵毓賱賶 卮賯賷賯鬲賴 賴賵 丕賱亘匕乇丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱賳夭毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳卮兀鬲 賱丿賷賴

賷禺乇噩 賲賷爻丕賷賱 毓賳 丕賱賲兀賱賵賮 毓賳 卮丕亘 賮賷 賲孬賱 賵囟毓賴 賵 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵 賷賲囟賷 亘丕丨孬丕 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞 丨賷丕鬲賴 賴賵 丕賱鬲賷 賷丐賲賳 亘賴丕 賵 丕賱鬲賷 賷賯丿爻 賮賷賴丕听 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱亘丿賳賷 賵 賱匕賱賰 賮賯丿 賮氐賱 賲賳 鬲爻毓 賵馗丕卅賮 爻丕亘賯丞 賰丕賳鬲 賲賳 丕賱賳賵毓 丕賱賰鬲丕亘賷 賵 賲丕 廿賱賶 匕賱賰

鬲鬲賯丕胤毓 胤乇賯 賲賷爻丕賷賱 賲毓 賲賷卮丕 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 賵 賴賷 丕亘賳丞 賲賴賳丿爻 丌禺乇 賲鬲賰亘乇 賵 賲鬲毓丕賱 賵 賰孬賷乇 丕賱賮禺乇 亘丕賱賳賮爻 賵 賴賷 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀丨亘賴丕 賵 賴丕賲 亘賴丕 毓卮賯丕 賵 丕賱鬲賷 兀賷囟丕 兀馗賴乇鬲 賱賴 丕賱丨亘 賵 亘丕卮乇鬲 賲毓賴 乇丨賱鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵爻胤 丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 賵 賲丨丕賵賱丞 丕賱丕乇鬲賯丕亍 亘丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賵 廿賳卮丕亍 賲丿乇爻丞 賱賴賲 賵 賴賳丕 賷馗賳 賲賷爻丕賷賱 兀賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 兀氐亘丨鬲 毓賱賶 賲丕 兀噩賲賱 賲丕 賷賰賵賳 賱賰賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 丿丕卅賲丕 賴賷 禺賱丕賮 賲丕 賷馗賴乇 賵 丨賯賷賯丞 丨亘 賲賷卮丕 賱賲賷爻丕賷賱 賲丕賰丕賳鬲 爻賵賶 丨亘 賱賮賰乇丞 賲賷爻丕賷賱 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賵 賱匕賱賰 賮賯丿 鬲睾賱亘 毓賱賷賴丕 胤亘毓丕 賵 兀氐賱賴丕 賵 賳卮兀鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賵 丨賱賲賴丕 亘丕賱睾賳丕亍 賵 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱丨賷賵賷丞 丕賱賳卮胤丞.

賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀孬賳丕亍 鬲賱賯賶 卮賯賷賯丞 賲賷爻丕賷賱 賳賮爻 丕賱賲氐賷乇 亘毓丿 兀賳 爻賯胤鬲 賮賷 丨亘 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 賱噩賵賮賵 賵 丨賲賱鬲 賲賳賴 亘毓丿 兀賳 爻丕乇鬲 毓賱賶 丿乇亘 兀禺賷賴丕 賵 兀毓賱賳鬲 丕賱禺乇賵噩 毓賱賶 兀亘賷賴丕 亘毓丿 兀賳 毓丕卮鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賰賱賴丕 鬲賴丿乇賴丕 賮賷 胤丕毓丞 兀賵丕賲乇賴 賵 賱匕賱賰 賮丕賱卮賵賯 賱賱丨亘 丿丕禺賱賴丕 賴賵 賲丕 兀毓賱賳 丕賱毓氐賷丕賳 丨賷賳賲丕 賮丕囟鬲 丕賱賰兀爻

賵 賱賰賳 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 兀賷囟丕 賵乇睾賲 丨亘賴 賱賴丕 廿賱丕 兀賳 丿乇丕爻鬲賴 賵 兀亘丨丕孬賴 賵 兀氐賱賴 賵 賳卮兀鬲賴 賰丕賳鬲 賴賷 丕賱賰賮丞 丕賱兀睾賱亘 賱丿賷賴 毓賱賶 丨亘賴丕 .

賮賷 禺賱賮賷丞 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞 賷亘賷賳 賱賳丕 鬲卮賷禺賵賮 賲丿賶 丕賱夭賷賮 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲爻賲 亘賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵賲丿賶 賯爻賵丞 丕賱亘卮乇 丨賷賳 賷丐賲賳賵賳 亘丕賱兀卮賰丕賱 丕賱賵丕丨丿丞 丕賱賲鬲卮丕亘賴丞 賵 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 賲賷爻丕賷賱 賷胤乇丨 鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲 毓賳 兀爻亘丕亘 丕賱乇丐賷丞 丕賱丿賵賳賷丞 賲賳 丕賱胤亘賯丞 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 賵 毓賱丕賲 鬲爻鬲賳丿 賵 賴賱 丨賯丕 賴賲 賷氐丿賯賵賳 兀賳賴賲 兀賮囟賱責 賱賰賳賴 賲毓 匕賱賰 賱丕 賷鬲丿禺賱 兀賵 賷賲賷賱 廿賱賶 賰賮丞 兀丨丿 賲賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 兀賵 爻賱賵賰賷丕鬲賴賲

廿賳賴丕 丨賰丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱噩丿賵賶 毓賳 丕賱兀賱賲 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 毓賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵 毓賳 丕賱夭賷賮 賵 毓賳 丕賱兀丨賲丕賱 丕賱鬲賷 賷乇夭丨 鬲丨鬲 賵胤兀鬲賴丕 丕賱亘卮乇

毓賳 丕賱賲氐賷乇 丕賱匕賷 鬲卮賰賱賴 賰賱 禺胤賵丞 賳鬲禺匕賴丕 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 賮賰兀賳賲丕 賷乇賲賷 氐賳丕乇鬲賴 賵 賷爻丕賷乇賳丕 亘禺賮丞 鬲丕乇丞 賵 亘賯爻賵丞 鬲丕乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賱賰賳賴 賷亘賯賷賳丕 賲毓賱賯賷賳 丨鬲賶 賷禺乇噩賳丕 賮賷 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱賲賳丕爻亘丞 賲賳 賯賱亘 丕賱賲丕亍

賮賰賲丕 賷賯賵賱 賲賷爻丕賷賱 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 : ( 廿賳 賰賳鬲 賯丿 兀乇丿鬲 兀賳 兀鬲禺匕 賱賳賮爻賷 禺丕鬲賲丕貙 賱丕禺鬲乇鬲 禺丕鬲賲丕 賲賳賯賵卮 毓賱賷賴 : (( 賱丕卮賷亍 賷夭賵賱)) 賮兀賳丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 賱丕 卮賷亍 賷夭賵賱 廿賱丕 賵 賷鬲乇賰 兀孬乇丕貙 賵兀賳 賰賱 禺胤賵丞 氐睾賷乇丞 賳鬲禺匕賴丕 鬲丐孬乇 毓賱賶 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 丕賱丨丕囟乇丞 賵 毓賱賶 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱) .
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My Life was published in 1896, five years after The Duel, but it seems in some perhaps superficial ways to have the qualities of an earlier work. The first-person narrator is a young man, and a very idealistic one, who has found himself idle in his posts as a clerk and has given up employment respectable for his class in favor of manual labor.
In The Duel, too, Chekhov explored some of the modern ideas of philosophy and political economy that were swirling around Russia and the rest of the world around this time. Misail really does give up a life of relative ease, albeit under a tyrannical parent, to do manual labor鈥攑ainting, roofing, other odd jobs. Most of the small town shuns him for acting so inappropriately to his station, especially 鈥渢hose who had only lately been humble people themselves, and had earned their bread by hard manual labor.鈥�
Misail doesn鈥檛 understand the seriousness of his class transgressions, and when he begins to crave the company of something more than his fellow painters, he鈥檚 relieved to find there are a few more civilized people who will still see him: Mariya Viktorovna, the daughter of the engineer building the local railway; Misail鈥檚 sister, Kleopatra; a military doctor, Blagovo; and his sister, Anyuta, a friend of Kleopatra鈥檚 and admirer of Misail. Romantic ideals about fairness and justice, labor and parasitism, and the latest in progressive young Russian thought circulate through the group, along with a different sort of romantic feeling. Misail ends up in a doomed marriage with a dabbling wealthy woman, while his saintly sister suffers an even worse fate for her brother鈥檚 sins.
But it鈥檚 only bits and pieces of the subject matter and the appearances of the characters that are immature at all; Chekhov鈥檚 handling of it all is the opposite. Misail鈥檚 sincerity and innocence are calming, not cloying, and the ultimate outcome is not very romantic at all鈥攖hough also not soul-crushing and bleak. A mature, grounded medium. Which is, you know鈥� pretty bleak I guess.
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