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    A Classical Student
    A Classical Student
    A Classical Student
    Audiobook8 minutes

    A Classical Student

    Written by Anton Chekhov

    Narrated by Anastasia Bertollo

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    About this audiobook

    For the first time the story was published in 1883. In the center of the story - 13-year-old student Vanya Ottepelov. Worrying before the exam in Greek, he did, as he thought, his best not to get the two grade. But nothing has helped him - he failed the exam.

    For Vanya this was not the only exam he failed. He really does not fit in that school. But his mother chose that school because it represents the ideals and the future she expects to attain one day. Vanya’s aunt criticized her and believed that the main blame lies with her sister, not with her nephew.

    The belief that all education will help to make way in the world, in fact, has often led to the fact that children were forced to mindlessly learning Latin and Greek, regardless of their abilities and inclinations. A spanking was considered to be the universal training help...

    A SmartTouch Media production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSmartTouch Media
    Release dateJan 22, 2015
    ISBN9781467606240
    A Classical Student
    Author

    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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