"Joy", by Anton Chekhov
"What's the matter ? You don't look like yourself !" "It's because I am so delighted, Mamma ! Do you know, now all Russia knows of me !"
InLibroVeritas
- 1 mars 2021
- 6 Min
Anton Chekhov : Letters on art and artists
"My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom."
InLibroVeritas
- 16 févr. 2021
- 4 Min
"An Enigmatic Nature", by Anton Chekhov
"Your sensitive, responsive soul is seeking to escape from the maze of... Yes, the struggle is terrific, titanic. But do not lose heart !"
InLibroVeritas
- 27 déc. 2020
- 7 Min
Anton Chekhov: A letter to his brother Nikolai
"The truly gifted always remain in obscurity amongst the crowd and shun as much as possible the display of their talents."
InLibroVeritas
- 26 déc. 2020
- 6 Min
"Vanka", by Anton Chekhov
[Text] "Vanka Zhukov, a boy of nine, who had been for three months apprenticed to Alyahin the shoemaker, was sitting up on Christmas Eve..."
InLibroVeritas
- 26 déc. 2020
- 6 Min
The World of Chekhov's Plays
[Essay] "A group of pleasant people in idyllic surroundings, hopelessly at odds with themselves and with one another..."
InLibroVeritas
- 23 déc. 2020
- 11 Min
"The Bet", by Anton Chekhov
[Text] "- Gentlemen, I stake two million !" "- Agreed ! You stake your millions and I stake my freedom !" said the young man."
InLibroVeritas
- 21 oct. 2020
- 7 Min
The Wisdom of Anton Chekhov
[Essay] "Chekhov possessed a practical wisdom that enabled him to care for those he loved and to help others."
InLibroVeritas
- 18 oct. 2020
- 5 Min
Anton Chekhov: An Artist of Life
"Tolstoy called Chekhov, and rightly so, "an artist of life". (...)"
Citations du moment
"La mélancolie est d’autant plus pure que l’amour l’enveloppe et l’alimente. De leur association naît une palpitation agréable et suave, une grâce de la solitude, un pressentiment voluptueux de l’éternité."
— Cioran, Le livre des leurres, 1936
