forum Russian literature. Especially Chekhov I guess.

Started July 16, 2020 by Deleted user

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I am not educated in this subject at all but I'd still like to talk about it. I have read exactly 1 collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov, and I noticed they're very different than American/English stories. Most stories end with the hero winning or at least learning a lesson. Most of the stories I read didn't have a hero. Just a main character, who didn't actually have to do anything heroic. And almost none of the stories had a happy ending. They weren't all sad, they just left me thinking. 'Huh. What did I just read?' Sooo… does anybody else read Russian literature? And do you want to… talk about it I guess?

dude this sounds amazing-
i dont really read russian literature, but i'd love to
do you have any recommendations?

oh and also, the thing that i am reading right now is called "Ecce Homo" which involves what they call a "tragic philosopher" and his finally collapse into madness
i think it's really cool so far
it's by "Friedrich Nietzsche"

I would recommend reading Chekhov, some of his stories are pretty tragic though.

Don't worry, tragic is pretty much my style finger guns