Almost there... the first 3 have been pretty good.
I'm not as eloquent as you @Scepticalscribe, but yes, in the first three stories he's shown that type potential.
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Almost there... the first 3 have been pretty good.
I'm not as eloquent as you @Scepticalscribe, but yes, in the first three stories he's shown that type potential.
I'm not going to go over all the stories but here is the first one I read, The Cook's Wedding, plus an online review.
review:
http://www.chekhovshorts.com/034-the-cooks-wedding/
I agree with this review in part if not in whole. What I took away from it was that the little boy, Grisha, seemed saddened by the cook's loss of what little freedom, and say, she had in her life.
If Steinbeck was able to write about people we aren't familiar with and the common man of his era I suppose Chekov did too... ?
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I have been reading (well, re-reading) the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman this week.
José Rodrigues dos Santos: "As Flores de Lótus".
Absolutely different from his previous works. It is the first book of a Trilogy.
Absolutely different from his previous works. It is the first book of a Trilogy.
I read that in middle school. I remember liking it, but I also remember having some complaints about
Lyra being "demoted" as a character once Will is introduced; at least, that was the impression I got.
I think the first book is Lyra's, the second, mostly Will's, whereas the third is about what they accomplish, achieve - and do - together.
Actually, as someone who used to lament the lack of strong female characters in fantasy writing (a deficiency addressed, if not entirely remedied in much recent writing - Garth Nix, Scott Lynch, and Guy Gavriel Kay are each male writers who write fantastic female characters), I think that Lyra is a wonderful character.
Actually, Lyra armed with with the discipline and direction of serious academic training, but with her quick-witted, adventurous, decent and courageous character intact - as seems to be hinted at - would be formidable.
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Well worth a re-visit - and, in the case of the final one, an introduction.
Not yet, it's on my list. I need to get on it with the TV show starting soon.
... well I have been threatening for at least two years now to improve my very tenuous grip on Portuguese... looks like I'm gonna have to make good on it to read this one. Just the cover art drew me in.
As I have written this book differs from his previous works. It is about history, politics, ideologies of the 20th century. It's a saga, four characters, four stories in four corners of the world.
I am sure you will enjoy it.
The book has been translated to a number of languages. To my best knowledge, though, English is not among them, but I maybe mistaken.
Lady Chatterley's Lover by David Herbert Lawrence. In its time, definitely significant.
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I'm planning to read this book too. I heard that Chekhov is a great author, one of the great Russian writers.
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I'm not going to go over all the stories but here is the first one I read, The Cook's Wedding, plus an online review.
review:
http://www.chekhovshorts.com/034-the-cooks-wedding/
I agree with this review in part if not in whole. What I took away from it was that the little boy, Grisha, seemed saddened by the cook's loss of what little freedom, and say, she had in her life.
If Steinbeck was able to write about people we aren't familiar with and the common man of his era I suppose Chekov did too... ?
I'm planning to read this book too. I heard that Chekhov is a great author, one of the great Russian writers.
Can vouch for Chekhov. I just finished his Complete Short Novels, and will be reading a selection of short stories next.
Also started The Joy Luck Club, which I've been interested in reading for a while (I've read other Amy Tan, but not her most famous work).
Also started The Joy Luck Club, which I've been interested in reading for a while (I've read other Amy Tan, but not her most famous work).
Lady Chatterley's Lover by David Herbert Lawrence. In its time, definitely significant.
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I'm planning to read this book too. I heard that Chekhov is a great author, one of the great Russian writers.
Anton Chekhov is an outstanding writer; as for D H Lawrence, while "Lady Chatterly's Lover" is justly famous (not least for its importance in the whole area of cultural history as a signifier of changing attitudes), personally, I am of the view that "Sons and Lovers" (also by D H Lawrence) is a far better - and more subtly powerful - book.