![]() ![]() Print: Anton Chekhov, Early Short Stories 1883–1888, trans. After you decide on your format, scroll to page 63 within the text for the story.) This version offers a variety of formats for download, including the option of having it read aloud. (Available through the American Libraries Collection, Internet Archive. Constance Garnett (New York: Macmillan, 1922), 63–78. Sources for the ReadingĪ public domain edition of “Home” (1922) is used in this exercise.ĭigital: Anton Chekhov, “Home,” in The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories, trans. Literary critic Harold Bloom notes, “Chekhov, with his artist’s wisdom, teaches us implicitly that literature is a form of desire and wonder and not a form of the good.” His writing offers realistic slices of Russian life that reflect universal truths about the human condition. Between 1888 and his death Chekhov revolutionized two narrative forms, the short story and the drama. He began to take his art more seriously after the respect he gained encouraged him to begin writing fiction. ![]() Anton Chekhov began his career writing humorous pieces for popular magazines to support himself while he studied to become a doctor. ![]()
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