The Best European Short Stories, Anton Chekhov
The Best European Short Stories, Anton Chekhov
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The Best European Short Stories

Author: Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant, Friedrich Schiller, Various Authors

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 20 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/10/2014


Synopsis

A delightful anthology of great works by some of Europe's greatest short story writers:

1. "The Marquise", by George Sand
2. "The Bundle of Letters", by Maurus Jokai
3. "The Pistol Shot", by Alexander Pushkin
4. "The Mad Veteran of Fort Ratonneau", by Ludwig Achim von Arnim
5. "Twenty-six Men and a Girl", by Maxim Gorky
6. "Zodomirsky’s Duel", by Alexandre Dumas
7. "The Mines of Falun", by E. T. A. Hoffmann
8. "Mademoiselle Fifi", by Guy de Maupassant
9."Maestro Niccolo and the Pig", by Gio Sabadino
10. "The Father", by Björnstjerne Björnson
11. "Mons. Cassecrouche’s Inspiration", by George Walter Thornbury
12. "Malachi’s Cove", by Anthony Trollope
13. "The Judgement of Paris", by Leonard Merrick
14. "A Queer Night in Paris", by Guy de Maupassant
15. "Immensee", by Theodor Storm
16. "The Paradise of Cats", by Emile Zolà
17. "In the Reign of Terror", by Anatole France
18. "The Scholar", by Ludwig Tieck
19. "The Long Exile", by Count Leo Tolstoy
20. "The Encased Man", by Anton Chekhov
21. "The Criminal from Lost Honour", by Friedrich Schiller
22. "The Story of Brave Kasper and Fair Annie", by Clemens Brentano
23. "The Black Ferry", by John Galt
24. "The Mummy’s Foot", by Théophile Gautier
25. "The Clockmaker of Poissy", by Stanley John Weyman
26. "One Thing Leads to Another", by Stacy Aumonier
27. "The Roman Road", by Kenneth Grahame
28. "A Child’s Revenge", by Paul Bourget
29. "The Honest Thief", by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
30. "The Dead", by James Joyce
31. "The Stone Dragon", by R. Murray Gilchrist
32. "Story", by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Author Bio

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian short story writer, playwright, and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short story writers in the history of world literature. His career as a dramatist produced four classics-The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard-and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics alike. Initially, Chekhov wrote stories solely for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations that have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. Chekhov published over a hundred short stories, including "The Duel," "In Exile," "On Official Business," "The Bishop," and "The Cobbler and the Devil."

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