На амазоне можно почитать отзывы о разной литературе, в том числе и русской классике. Как видите, американцы далеко не такие малообразованные и тупые, какими их иногда здесь выставляют на форуме.


Здесь например - про рассказы Чехова

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"It is really great to read an absolute master like Chekov. I used to like his short stories when I was a teenager, but it has been a while since I last had something by him in my hands. After reading an old book by Edmund Wilson where he tells about a trip to the Soviet Union and digresses a bit about Russian literature, I decided to try Chekhov again. And I loved it! Every story is populated with amazing characters, carefully developed, humanistic and tender. The building forces of Russian society in the 19th century are all there -- church, proletariat, aristocracy -- articulating themselves around mundane and at the same time complex situations on an individual level. The translation is careful and delicate, showing a deep respect by the original, without losing sight of the pleasure of the reader. Highly recommended."

"I didn't want ANY of these stories to end! What a master of fascinating character development. "The Duel" alone is worth the price of this book, and I could have read an 800-page version of "The Steppe".

"Did I really spend the last three months reading his stories? Well actually I have been reading them for the last forty years. Not every month, but a few every year. And every new anthology in Dutch or English is an invitation to (re)read some of his stories.

For me Chekhov is perhaps the greatest of all play and short story writes. Why, well of course the modern cinematic approach of his plays, make that they are always shown somewhere around the globe, even to this day on. In his plays and hundreds of short stories he wrote, he shows our struggle, he shows compassion with his heroes yearning for love and at the same time he often leaves them empty-handed. Ultimately that is what we have to live with, the fact that we are always left empty handed in the end. How do we do that without massively turning into the younger brothers of Oblomov, but live every day as if we have eternal life while realizing that every hour might be our last. Believe me the compassionate stories of Chekhov help us there.

Perhaps this is best shown when we compare him with his friend and fellow author Maxim Gorky.

‘How many wonderful moments I've been through with your books' Gorky say’s in a letter to Chekhov from 1898.

Incidentally, this admiration was mutual. The writing tips Chekhov - the undisputed master of the short story - gave to the little younger Gorki can teach us a lot. Chekhov finds the descriptions of nature, the portrayal of women and the love scenes of Gorki but uncontrolled. In fact, he thinks that for his entire style of writing (and living?). Where Gorki needs many long pages for Chekhov a single sentence or word is sufficient. Where Gorki shouts and stands on the barricade, Chekhov is nursing his poorest patients for free and supports charitable initiatives. Where Gorky becomes the standard bearer of communism, Chekhov denounces the punishment regime in Sakhalin. Who of them lacks political involvement?

Exactly that is what, for me, makes Chekhov a great writer and man. Can the two do without each other?

Anton Chekhov must have been an incredibly nice man with whom I would have loved to spend an afternoon on a park bench in Yalta, enjoying the autumn sun, feeding ducks and watching a lady with a white dog pass by."

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Пусть все ваши пожелания мне, отзеркалясь, сторицей вернутся к вам! Да будет так! (Это не шутка)
Окошко для раскаяния открыто для всех у данного эгрегора и можно не произносить вслух, не переживайте)

Ага
Это творческий псевдоним Ильфа и Петрова, у них был цикл новелл "Тысяча и один день или Новая Шахерезада", главной героиней которых была делопроизводительница конторы по заготовке когтей и хвостов. Реклама этих новелл была как "сказки советской Шахерезады, сочинения Ф.Толстоевского"))

Svetlaya,
По вашей ссылке решила подарить книгу, спасибо! После опроса коллеги, в точку.

Пожалуйста

Рада, что ему понравился сборник этих замечательных рассказов Чехова.
Там еще и перевод хороший, а это очень важно

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Пусть все ваши пожелания мне, отзеркалясь, сторицей вернутся к вам! Да будет так! (Это не шутка)
Окошко для раскаяния открыто для всех у данного эгрегора и можно не произносить вслух, не переживайте)