tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7868593883982044033..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Chekhov Wrote Crime Stories?Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-55398749943909416682013-01-30T21:19:24.535-05:002013-01-30T21:19:24.535-05:00I got the book when it came out, I still haven'...I got the book when it came out, I still haven't read my way through it!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-12660828017511404382013-01-28T15:37:20.267-05:002013-01-28T15:37:20.267-05:00Louis, thanks for a great post with a lot of inter...Louis, thanks for a great post with a lot of interesting info I wouldn't have guessed at. <br /><br />--DixDixon Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220791609338404147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-57074576756025125942013-01-27T17:27:28.278-05:002013-01-27T17:27:28.278-05:00Very interesting, Louis! Chekhov is one of my fav...Very interesting, Louis! Chekhov is one of my favorites as well--thanks for the review.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-35863614599440810952013-01-27T16:36:31.651-05:002013-01-27T16:36:31.651-05:00It shows good writers aren't locked into one s...It shows good writers aren't locked into one style, no matter what the public thinks. Jimi Hendrix said he wanted to be a bluesman, but the public narrowly thought of him as slash guitar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-13296608701184600462013-01-27T16:20:04.611-05:002013-01-27T16:20:04.611-05:00Thanks, Leigh.
R. T., Glad to know that I’m not ...Thanks, Leigh.<br /><br />R. T., Glad to know that I’m not the only reader who felt a problem with some of the translations.<br /><br />Thanks to librarian for the list. It will help with my building a digital collection of Chekhov’s stories.<br />Louis A. Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563842429688123421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-55390804502804457062013-01-27T15:17:21.101-05:002013-01-27T15:17:21.101-05:00This bibliography and this list of short stories m...This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov_bibliography" rel="nofollow">bibliography</a> and this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_short_stories_by_Anton_Chekhov" rel="nofollow">list of short stories</a> might help. The latter has links to free on-line e-texts.librariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-71292048757104418702013-01-27T14:53:11.487-05:002013-01-27T14:53:11.487-05:00Louis, I located my 1929 copyright by Walter J. Bl...Louis, I located my 1929 copyright by Walter J. Black, Inc. of THE WORKS OF ANTON CHEKHOV and looked for the four stories you mentioned. Like you, I found some problems with the translation. You mentioned "The Swedish Match," but in my copy it's called "The Safety Match" and your long title about the hunt and the detective is called "The Shooting Party" in my copy. I didn't find the other two stories by title, but then they may also have been translated differently. Chekhov wrote some great stories, but whoever translated into English made it into some laborius reading.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-8025463285766388432013-01-27T14:27:53.606-05:002013-01-27T14:27:53.606-05:00Wow! I didn't know any of those. I tend to thi...Wow! I didn't know any of those. I tend to think of Chekhov as the master of slice-of-life literary fiction and not genre.<br /><br />Very impressive, Louis, and quite a classic mystery.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com