Gooseberries | 
panI'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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panI'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.
pickSomehow 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.
pickThree stories by Chekhov. With it's lyricism & the aching loneliness & desire, the opening story, "The Kiss" was my favorite. I was frankly rather indifferent to the second story "The Two Volodyas." The title story makes a compelling argument for realism to expose social injustice & poverty while simultaneously providing a counterargument for literature as "escapism" (not in a pejorative sense).
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