Chinese New Curriculum Standard Required Reading Series - Selected Short Stories by Chekhov

Author: Anton Chekhov (Russia)
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Features: In his later works, Chekhov depicted the daily lives of villagers, factory workers, petty bourgeoisie, and intellectuals with delicate brushwork. These works reveal the poverty, backwardness, ignorance, and contradictions of rural Russia; analyze the corruption of the soul by vulgarity, selfishness, and greed. "The Cherry Orchard" reflects the typical social psychology "I can no longer live like this!" It portrays intellectuals who have begun to awaken, writing about their break from the parasitic life of living without labor and their yearning for a "new life." These works are filled with a strong sense of the era and intense moral passion, showcasing the lives of villagers, factory workers, and other social strata, while also reflecting the awakening of progressive intellectuals and the social sentiment "I can no longer live like this!"