Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), one of the greatest masters of the short story form and a key figure in Russian literature. Known for his keen observations of human nature, subtle humor, and understated yet profound storytelling, Chekhov's works often explore the lives of ordinary people, their struggles, joys, and ironies.

While The Cook's Wedding is one of Chekhov's lesser-known stories, it exemplifies his ability to capture the quirks and complexities of everyday life. The collection includes a mix of his early humorous sketches and later, more mature works.

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 to earn money, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations that influenced the evolution of the modern short story. 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. (wikipedia. org)