tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3178173092821615572..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: They are eaten alive - early Chekhov stories are like oystersAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-79450121049635813482011-09-13T22:18:48.801-05:002011-09-13T22:18:48.801-05:00Ah, the Bartlett collection is this one, and the D...Ah, the Bartlett collection is <a href="http://www.bibliographing.com/2010/03/24/the-exclamation-mark-by-anton-chekhov/" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, and the Dunnigan is the Signet Classics edition. I have at least leafed through the latter. Both sound like great recommendations. Thanks for that.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-83248145737658044792011-09-13T20:37:51.983-05:002011-09-13T20:37:51.983-05:00Rosamund Bartlett has a nice little collection foc...Rosamund Bartlett has a nice little collection focusing on Chekhov's maturation during 1886: it's called <i>The Exclamation Mark</i>. Most of Bartlett's translations are very well-written. I've heard a couple of scholars say Ann Dunnigan's translations are the best, but that was ten or twelve years ago.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156428408011131309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-79501480528953514082011-09-13T13:13:58.708-05:002011-09-13T13:13:58.708-05:00I have not read "The Bet," it seems. I ...I have not read "The Bet," it seems. I will!<br /><br />I did not know about the Oates story, either - thanks. "The Lady with the Pet Dog" is the title, which is also the title Yarmolinsky gives to Chekhov's story in <i>The Portable Chekhov</i>.<br /><br />Wow, yeah, mummified cats. I've got to get the old brainpan fired up and come up with another idea as bad as that one. Eh, these things have to happen naturally.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-30117213415269752832011-09-13T07:31:37.616-05:002011-09-13T07:31:37.616-05:00Thanks for the info on the "oyster-eating hal...Thanks for the info on the "oyster-eating hallucination" (a new trope for me!) and the reminder about "The Black Monk" (really want to read that one soon). Chehkov, as with most of the Russians, is practically uncharted territory for me so I'm glad to see you doing what you're doing. Although a resurgence of mummified cats posts from you would also be nice, of course!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-17592345807891686172011-09-13T01:30:54.667-05:002011-09-13T01:30:54.667-05:00You have listed several of my favorites here:
&q...You have listed several of my favorites here: <br />"Ward 6," "Lady with a Lap Dog," and "The Black Monk."<br /><br />Have you read Joyce Carol Oates' updated version of the "Lady with the Lap Dog"? I think she titles it "The Lady with the Dog." It's set in the US.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-14015322253305911602011-09-12T23:06:19.547-05:002011-09-12T23:06:19.547-05:00Yes, that moment when Gurov eats the watermelon wh...Yes, that moment when Gurov eats the watermelon while Anna sits by has always struck me, but I don't quite know why. It's just one of those moments Chekhov included that--for whatever reason--displays his compassion for humanity. No, I don't know why this strikes me as compassionate but it does. As does the evidence that the "best" hotel in S----- is a pretty crappy place.<br /><br />~scott baileyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-30498634021161315322011-09-12T22:54:23.363-05:002011-09-12T22:54:23.363-05:00It may not be the best of his stories but my favor...It may not be the best of his stories but my favorite is "The Bet"<br /><br />it is online lots of places in the Garnett translation<br /><br />"Ward 6" was very powerful-on to "The Cherry Orchard" next-I had no idea he wrote so many storiesMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-79888263765631569352011-09-12T22:21:21.031-05:002011-09-12T22:21:21.031-05:00That "something" - oysters, or watermelo...That "something" - oysters, or watermelon.<br /><br />"There was a watermelon on the table. Gurov cut himself a slice and began eating it without haste. They were silent for at least half an hour."<br /><br />How is that artful? How is it <i>anything</i>? But it is.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-48259028756618099892011-09-12T16:22:54.064-05:002011-09-12T16:22:54.064-05:00And by "about 150" I mean "about 10...And by "about 150" I mean "about 100."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-76676288992529267292011-09-12T16:03:09.866-05:002011-09-12T16:03:09.866-05:00There's always something in even the briefest ...There's always something in even the briefest of his stories (I've read only about 150 of them, so a small amount as these things go) that leaves me thinking "Only Chekhov would've written that." From now on I'll likely think of that <i>something</i> as the flavor of oysters. At lunch today I read "The Lady and the Dog" for the umpteenth time and, as always, it was a surprising and moving experience. And, as always, Chekhov tricked me by having the man worry if he'd forgotten the name of the little dog and I had to re-read the first pages of the story to find the dog's name for myself.<br /><br />~scott baileyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com