Description: A Tedious Story A Tedious Story (From An Old Man's Journal) Anton Chekhov Influenced by the death of his brother Nicolay from tuberculosis, Chekhov’s novella “A Dreary Story: From the Notebooks of an Old Man” chronicles the alienation and confusion of Nikolai Stepanovich, a renowned professor of medicine, during his decline from an unspecified illness. He describes struggles with insomnia and bouts of debilitating weakness while he tries to analyze the cause of his rapid physical and psychological decline from an unspecified illness. His world grows increasingly strange and distant as his disorientation increases. He watches his daughter and step-daughter suffer as they try to care for him, but he is too numb to feel anything or connect in any meaningful way. Chekhov wrote: "The thing about my hero is that he does not care for those around him. People close to him shed tears, make mistakes, tell lies, but all he can do is dispassionately lecture them on theatre or literature.” Critical reception was divided, reflecting perhaps a difficulty in defining a new and unsettling kind of work. One critic called it “"undeniably the best work of Russian literature of the last year", while another dismissed it as a trivial “etude on the slow decline of an old man's mind”. Commenting on the superficial similarity to Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyitch”, one critic felt Chekhov had fallen into “a trap of imitation”, while another praised the story as “a highly original piece of writing”. It is now considered one of Chekhov’s most enduring works. Play sample: Product Details Read by: David Wales Length: 2 hours and 29 minutes Type: Solo reading Media: MP3 CD Package: Paper sleeve Item No.: CD-1292 List Price: $3.49 Artwork: Disc contains 300 dpi image files for printing CD label art: Includes both square JPG and round PNG formats CD jewel case art: Includes cover, inner insert, and J-card DVD case art: Includes wrapper for Amaray box and inner insert Credits Production Book Coordinator: David Wales Meta Coordinator: MaryAnn Proof Listener: DaveC Artwork Cover: Study of an Old Man with a Gold Chain, 1632, by Rembrandt Inset: A. P. Chekhov with his brother Nikolay Chekhov, an artist, 1882 Inset: Anton Chekhov with a bow tie, author unknown The Recordings About MP3 Audio This MP3 digital audiobook is duplicated on compact disc in the MP3 audio format and is designed to play on any computer. It will play on CD and DVD players that are designed with MP3 capability. 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Format: MP3 CD
Run Time: 2 hours and 29 minutes
Subject: Education, Teaching
Length: Unabridged
Topic: Death
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Narrator: David Wales
Language: English
Publication Year: 2019
Book Title: A Tedious Story (From An Old Man's Journal)
Intended Audience: Adults
Author: Anton Chekhov
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: MP3 Audiobook Classics
Genre: Classics
Type: Audiobook