In the Ravine & Other Short Stories

Chekhov (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos Audio Books
• ASIN: B00006JJ4R
• Also Available in: Audible Audio Edition  |  Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Preloaded Digital Audio Player
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,244 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Oh! The Public

2. The Chorus Girl

3. The Trousseau

4. A Story Without a Title

5. Children

6. Misery

See all 7 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. The Beggar

2. Hush!

3. The Orator

4. An Actor's End

5. In the Ravine - I

6. II the Elder Son Anisim Came Home Very Rarely

See all 7 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. III (Continued) The Day of the Wedding Arrived

2. III (Continued) When They Returned from the Church

3. IV Five Days Had Passed

4. V on Friday the 8th of July

5. V (Continued) By Now the Sun Had Set

6. VI News Had Come Long Before

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classical music enhances a dramatic narrative performance, August 10, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Ravine & Other Short Stories (Classic Fiction) (Audio CD)

A very strongly recommended addition to school and community library collections, The Ravine & Other Short Stories presents an unabridged audio CD anthology of classic Anton Chekhov short stories, including Oh! The Public; The Chorus Girl; An Actor's End; The Trousseau; A Story Without A Title; Children; Misery; Fat And Thin; The Beggar; Hush!; and The Orator. Classical music enhances a dramatic narrative performance by film, television, and stage actor Kenneth Branagh who does full justice to these timeless works of literature. 3 CDS, approximately 3 hours and 35 minutes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In the Ravine: And Other Short Stories, November 19, 2009

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Stephen Balbach (Ashton, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Ravine & Other Short Stories (Classic Fiction) (Audio CD)

Eleven short stories and one novella (In the Ravine) by Anton Chekhov, as read by British actor Kenneth Branagh in 2002. The stories are:

The Trousseau (1883)
Fat and Thin (1883)
Oh! the Public! (1885)
Misery (1886)
An Actor's End (1886)
Children (1886)
The Chorus Girl (1886)
The Orator (1886)
Hush! (1886)
The Beggar (1887)
A Story Without a Title (1888)

Overall very good although it helps to read along with the text since some of the Russian vocabulary and names are difficult to track by audio alone. It is the Constance Garnett translation, freely available online. In the Ravine is the best, a wide and colorful portrait of peasant village life - a tragic story though. "Misery" is very good. "Children" does a good job at evoking childhood. "The Chorus Girl" is also well done. The CD says "Abridged" even though all the stories are Unabridged.