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    In the Ravine, and Other Short Stories
    In the Ravine, and Other Short Stories
    In the Ravine, and Other Short Stories
    Audiobook3 hours

    In the Ravine, and Other Short Stories

    Written by Anton Chekhov

    Narrated by Kenneth Branagh

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    About this audiobook

    Here are twelve short stories by Anton Chekhov, one of the finest masters of what is acknowledged to be a difficult genre. There is the richly comic Oh! The Public, about a hassled ticket inspector, a wry look at morals and manners in The Chorus Girl, and the melancholic tale of a cab driver in Misery. Perhaps the finest of all is the novella In The Ravine, a minutely observed look at life in a village through the eyes of one family. All the characters come to life with their foibles, their strengths and their hopes. Kenneth Branagh uses his natural talent for characterisation to bring this village to life.

    Editor's Note

    Two masters...

    Two masters of their respective arts join forces in this collection of twelve of Chekhov’s greatest short stories, as narrated by the incomparable Kenneth Branagh.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateJun 1, 2002
    ISBN9789629544706
    In the Ravine, and Other Short Stories
    Author

    Anton Chekhov

    Anton Chekhov was born in 1860 in Southern Russia and moved to Moscow to study medicine. Whilst at university he sold short stories and sketches to magazines to raise money to support his family. His success and acclaim grew as both a writer of fiction and of plays whilst he continued to practice medicine. Ill health forced him to move from his country estate near Moscow to Yalta where he wrote some of his most famous work, and it was there that he married actress Olga Knipper. He died from tuberculosis in 1904.

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    • 3/5
      Chekhov is so hit or miss for me. His comedies were pretty amusing though. At least, I *think* it was supposed to be a comedy.

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    • 2/5
      Amazing audiobook. It cuts off with about 15 minutes left in the last chapter for me though.
    • 2/5
      The narrator's voice is not easy on the ears. There is tension in her voice and tone. I last one minute before I came to flip the page to another book.