The Black Monk, Anton Chekhov
The Black Monk, Anton Chekhov
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The Black Monk

Author: Anton Chekhov

Narrator: Max Bollinger

Unabridged: 1 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/06/2018

Synopsis

"The Black Monk" by Anton Chekhov follows the life of Andrey Vasilievich Kovrin, a brilliant scholar who experiences hallucinations of a mystical black monk. As his visions intensify, Kovrin grapples with the blurred lines between genius and madness, leading to a tragic confrontation with reality and his own aspirations. The novella explores themes of creativity, mental instability, and the pursuit of an idealized self. Read in English, unabridged.

About Anton Chekhov

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."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on March 06, 2024

The Black Monk and The Peasants are tenebrous and symbolic stories possessing the power of parables. To soothe his shattered nerves Master of Arts goes to the country for the spring and summer and there he seems to remember an old legend… “A thousand years ago a certain monk, clad in black, was walkin......more

Goodreads review by فايز غازي on July 17, 2023

- القصة روسية الهوى، كثيفة المشاعر والتناقضات، تتعرض وتعرض لأنواع الجنون والعبقرية دونما الخلط بينهما... - القصة عن أندريه كوفرين (وقد تكون عن تشيخوف نفسه الذي كان يعاني من الهلوسة ، ومثل بطل قصته ، توفي في سن مبكرة لأنه استمر في العمل أثناء معاناته من السل)، البطل الشيزوفيني، الأكاديمي الذي كان على......more

Goodreads review by Katia on December 28, 2019

David Forster Wallace said about a short story that its effect “often feels sudden and percussive, like the venting of a long-stuck valve.” I do not like the mechanical aspect of this metaphor, but i hardly can come up with the better one. I can try a physiological or a spiritual one: a good short s......more

Goodreads review by Praveen on November 14, 2019

"A thousand years ago a monk, dressed in black, wandered about the desert, somewhere in Syria or Arabia…. Some miles from where he was, some fisherman saw another black monk, who was moving over the surface of a lake, this second monk was a mirage.” Imagine, you think you are a genius. You think you......more

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