The Bishop and Other Stories

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The Bishop and Other Stories is an evocative collection of short works by Anton Chekhov, originally featuring pieces translated by Constance Garnett. The anthology includes: The Bishop The Letter Easter Eve A Nightmare The Murder Uprooted The Steppe The Bishop was first published in 1902. The Bishop unfolds during Easter Week, capturing Bishop Pyotr's final days as he grapples with illness, memory, and spirituality. Increasingly fatigued, he experiences a haunting vision of his mother as he navigates his duties at the cathedral-forming a deeply introspective, autobiographical reflection of Chekhov's own awareness of mortality. The story is praised for its psychological depth, portraying the bishop's struggle with faith, duty, and the solitude that accompanies both. About the Author Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 - 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress." Chekhov renounced the theatre after the reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a "theatre of mood" and a "submerged life in the text." The plays that Chekhov wrote were not complex, and created a somewhat haunting atmosphere for the audience. Chekhov began writing stories

Artikeldetails

EAN

9798897732166

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

229 x 152 x 9 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Bibliotech Press