Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume no. 277
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
xli, 548 p. ; 22 cm.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
xxxv, 347 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
In the final years of his life Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, while also writing short stories that rank among his masterpieces. In "The Lady with the Little Dog" a man and a woman indulge in an affair that could ruin both their marriages, but their feelings for each other compel them towards betrayal. "Peasants" focuses on the brutality of peasant life, where the locus of evil is the tavern, in which the men spend the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sound Room Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Physical Desc
2 sound discs (137 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Black Monk is a tale of a man who blissfully chats with the vision of a wise, mysterious monk. In The Kiss an awkward young soldier is kissed by mistake. The Helpmate tells of a husband ensnared and Expensive Lessons of unrequited love.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
"In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches...
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c1970
Physical Desc
1 DVD (162 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, three sisters live in virtual exile. Olga attemps to support her family and home that is the sole legacy from their late father. Masha finds relief from an empty marriage by being involved with a passionate young colonel. Irina wills herself to return the affections of an ardent suitor in the hope that he will whisk her off to the city. Sift through the debris of their shattered dreams on the...
8) The seagull
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the early twentieth century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother.
Series
Criterion collection volume 599
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Formats
Description
A group of actors meet to rehearse Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and find the same conflicts in their own lives as are dealt with in the play.
10) The duel
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a decaying seaside resort along the Black Sea coast. Laevsky is a dissipated romantic given to gambling and flirtation. He has run off to the sea with beautiful, emotionally empty Nadya, another man's wife. Laevsky has now grown tired of her, but two obstacles block his route to escape: he is broke, and he faces the absolute enmity of Von...
Series
Anton Chekhov collection volume disc 6
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (258 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Madfame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction....