The Top 10 Short Stories - The Russian Men, The: The top ten short stories written by Russian male authors.
Written by Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostovesky, Alexander Pushkin and
Narrated by David Shaw-Parker and Ghizela Rowe
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About this audiobook
In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?
The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.
Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.
The Russian Literary Tradition has justly earned a magnificent reputation. The Russian Empire of the Czars was a huge and disparate patchwork of peoples ruled by an overbearing elite that employed a middle-class bureaucracy to keep the working class firmly underfoot. Within its vaulted ranks are a role call of many of the greatest literary talents of the ages.
01 - The Top 10 - The Russian Men - An Introduction
02 - The Revolutionist by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev
03 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov
04 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostovesky
05 - The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Cloak'
06 - Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky
07 - Silence by Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev
08 - The Shot by Alexander Pushkin
09 - Hide And Seek or Pliatki by Fyodor Sologub
10 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy
11 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev
Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian doctor, short-story writer, and playwright. Born in the port city of Taganrog, Chekhov was the third child of Pavel, a grocer and devout Christian, and Yevgeniya, a natural storyteller. His father, a violent and arrogant man, abused his wife and children and would serve as the inspiration for many of the writer’s most tyrannical and hypocritical characters. Chekhov studied at the Greek School in Taganrog, where he learned Ancient Greek. In 1876, his father’s debts forced the family to relocate to Moscow, where they lived in poverty while Anton remained in Taganrog to settle their finances and finish his studies. During this time, he worked odd jobs while reading extensively and composing his first written works. He joined his family in Moscow in 1879, pursuing a medical degree while writing short stories for entertainment and to support his parents and siblings. In 1876, after finishing his degree and contracting tuberculosis, he began writing for St. Petersburg’s Novoye Vremya, a popular paper which helped him to launch his literary career and gain financial independence. A friend and colleague of Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, and Ivan Bunin, Chekhov is remembered today for his skillful observations of everyday Russian life, his deeply psychological character studies, and his mastery of language and the rhythms of conversation.
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