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100 1 _aChekhov, Anton Pavlovich,
_d1860-1904
245 1 0 _aRussian Silhouettes: More Stories of Russian Life
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2021-11-22
505 0 _aStories of childhood: The boys. Grisha. A trifle from real life. The cook's wedding. Shrove Tuesday. In passion week. An incident. A matter of classics. The tutor. Out of sorts -- Stories of youth: A joke. After the theatre. Volodia. A naughty boy. Bliss. Two beautiful girls -- Light and shadow: The chorus girl. The father of a family. The orator. Ionitch. At Christmas time. In the coach house. Lady N----'s story. A journey by cart. The privy councillor. Rothschild's fiddle. A horsey name. The Petcheneg. The bishop.
508 _aRichard Tonsing, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Russian Silhouettes: More Stories of Russian Life" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The book explores various aspects of Russian life, particularly through the eyes of children and family dynamics, offering insights into the social fabric and emotional undercurrents of the time. At the start of the collection, the reader is introduced to a vibrant family atmosphere filled with excitement as young Volodia returns home. The chaotic yet joyful reunion highlights both warmth and tension, particularly through the lens of two boys, Volodia and his friend Tchetchevitsin, who dream of adventure and planning a fantastical escape to America. The children are depicted with all their youthful innocence and ambition, engaged in whimsical conversations about wild animals and treasure, revealing their dreams and the realities of their upbringing. This opening sets a tone of nostalgia, exploration of childhood, and the gentle humor characteristic of Chekhov's storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: Duckworth & Co., 1915
653 _aRussia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction
653 _aChekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Translations into English
653 _aShort stories, Russian -- Translations into English
700 1 _aFell, Marian
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/russiansilhouett00chek
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66790
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