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Gooseberries
Gooseberries | Anton Chekhov
6 posts | 5 read | 3 to read
"Oh, good God," he kept saying with great relish. "Good God..." 'Gooseberries' is accompanied here by 'The Kiss' and 'The Two Volodyas' - three exquisite depictions of love and loss in nineteenth-century Russia by Chekhov, the great master of the short story form. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). Chekhov's works available in Penguin Classics are The Steppe and Other Stories, Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, The Shooting Party, Plays and A Life in Letters.
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TCLinrow
Gooseberries | Anton Chekhov
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Panpan

I'm sure it was a very clever novel, but oh my days it was a dull read. I should have read it before bed to cure my insomnia, but thankfully it was too short to take me long.

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Naz786
Gooseberries | Anton Chekhov
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Mehso-so

🌟🌟🌟/5

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GoneFishing
Gooseberries | Anton Chekhov

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

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Kalalalatja
Gooseberries | Anton Chekhov
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Mehso-so

Just a bit meh for me...

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KerriNTurner What a lovely stack of little black classics! 7y
emilyhaldi Adorable stack of books 🖤 7y
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Brie
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Pickpick

Somehow I made it through an entire English class where we read nothing but Chekhov short stories and managed to miss these three. I'm glad I got to them finally. This includes "The Kiss" an exploration of human desires, "The Two Volodyas" a sympathetic examination of the confining roles for women in 19th century Russia, and "Gooseberries" which touches on social injustices.