He eventually becomes disillusioned with his mission and the purposelessness of life itself, comparing his own deceitfulness with the womanizing Orlov's self-awareness, and abandons his mission. While masquerading as a servant, the narrator spies on the household and observes the extravagant and frivolous habits of the wealthy family, and is repelled by Orlov's aloof treatment of his lover Zinaida. Petersburg household of Orlov, the son of a minister deemed a "serious enemy", by an unnamed radical cause. Plot Īn anonymous assassin is sent to infiltrate the St. Petersburg, shares some motifs with the works of Dostoevsky. The novella concerns a revolutionary working undercover as a servant, and, being the only one of Chekhov's major works to be set in St. He returned to the idea in 1891, giving it originally the title The Story of My Patient (Рассказ моего пациента). In a May 1893 letter he told the writer Lyubov Gurevich that he had "started to write it 1887–88 without any intention of getting it published, then dropped it". The original idea of the story came to Chekhov in the late 1880s. In a revised version Chekhov included into Volume 6 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901. 2 and 3 (February and March) 1893 issues. Once a translation becomes available, it will be added to the eBook as a free update.The Story of an Unknown Man ( Russian: Рассказ неизвестного человека, romanized: Rasskaz neizvestnovo cheloveka), translated also as The Story of a Nobody and An Anonymous Story, is an 1893 novella by Anton Chekhov first published by Russkaya Mysl, in Nos. Please note: there are no translations of THE ISLAND OF SAKHALIN available in the public domain. * UPDATED with revised texts, introductions and more images * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * Features a bonus biography – discover Chekhov’s literary life * Includes Chekhov’s letters and notebooks – spend hours exploring the author’s personal correspondence and thoughts
* Chekhov’s only novel THE SHOOTING PARTY, available in no other collection * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * The complete short stories – over 210 tales, first time available complete in English * Rare plays like PLATONOV and THE WOOD DEMON appearing here for the first time digital publishing * ALL 15 plays, each with individual contents tables * Concise introductions to the plays and other texts * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Chekhov’s life and works This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Anton Chekhov, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material.
Anton Chekhov is considered to be among literature’s greatest short story writers, whilst his plays helped change the course of modern drama.
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